Sentences with phrase «justice system overhaul»
Romania's president says the European Union, after triggering proceedings against Poland for its justice system overhaul, may do so against Romania as well due to its own legal system changes that have sparked widespread protests.
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The caucus event comes on the same day that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gave a major policy speech at Columbia University, where she called for an overhaul of the criminal justice system, and an end to what she says is «mass incarceration.»
The Republican leader of the state Senate said Wednesday that changes will be needed to an $ 80 million overhaul of the state's juvenile - justice system, which the Assembly had passed unanimously and which is a top priority of Gov. Scott Walker's.
Home secretary John Reid is expected to outline a major overhaul of the criminal justice system next month, but today the prime minister outlined the key areas in which he believed reform was most urgent.
In a keynote speech in Bristol this morning, the prime minister said the courts must be overhauled and the justice system reclaimed «for the decent majority».
Assembly Democrats and Senate Republicans continue to be at odds over the proposal to overhaul the state's juvenile justice system by raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18.
«Today's budget agreement includes a landmark overhaul of our juvenile justice system, paving the way for young people in the system to receive services close to their families and more easily transition back into their communities and productive lives.»
Our criminal justice system needs a major overhaul and mental health care in this city is failing our citizens.
The governor also proposed criminal justice reforms such as overhauling the bail system, speeding up trials, raising the age of criminal liability to 18 from 16 and recording police interrogations.
Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on justice reform and in direct conflict with the city's powerful correction officers» union, the court system and the police department.
After City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito called for an overhaul of the city's criminal justice system in her state of the city speech Feb. 11 and announced the formation of the Lippman commission, Councilman Joe Borelli, who represents Staten Island's South Shore, wrote a letter to the speaker telling her that he doesn't want a jail in his district.
Overhaul the state's criminal justice system.
Advocates of Cuomo's «soup to nuts» overhaul of the criminal justice system — his response to the fatal arrest of Eric Garner and the nationwide demonstrations prompted by it and other high - profile incidents of police violence — are asking him to ignore the Legislature and appoint a special prosecutor, and he seems ready to oblige.
radical overhaul of the core systems and structures within the Home Office itself, reform of IND, re-balancing of the criminal justice system, reform of the probation service and the review of counter-terrorist capabilities.
Launch the «New York Promise» Agenda to Advance Social Justice and Affirm New York's Progressive Values - Reforms of the Criminal Justice System including «overhauling New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, raising the age of criminal responsibility, improving witness identification procedures, recording police interrogations for serious offenses, and extending the Hurrell - Harring settlement reforms statewide.&System including «overhauling New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, raising the age of criminal responsibility, improving witness identification procedures, recording police interrogations for serious offenses, and extending the Hurrell - Harring settlement reforms statewide.&system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, raising the age of criminal responsibility, improving witness identification procedures, recording police interrogations for serious offenses, and extending the Hurrell - Harring settlement reforms statewide.»
Seeking to connect with black voters in advance of the New York primary, Clinton touted the need to overhaul the justice system, combat environmental racism and increase financial stability for minorities.
Albany, NY — Youth advocates are calling for an overhaul of New York State's Juvenile Justice System Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas investigates the call to action to stop the funneling of minority youth down life - paths that often lead to arrest, conviction, incarceration and, in some cases, death
As Canadians, we understand the value of protecting human rights but the process has become so convoluted (see the chart of Alberta's on page 58), and some may even say unfair, that a comprehensive and massive overhaul is likely necessary before the parties who get embroiled in these systems, either as a complainant or respondent, feel that justice is being served.
It was determined that «business as usual» could not continue and that the justice system needed an overhaul.
Star alumni: Former Metro chairman «Big Daddy» Frederick Gardiner; Superior Court justices J.J.J. Fitzpatrick and William J. Anderson; former Ontario Court of Appeal justice Lloyd Holden; Ronald J. Farano, who worked on policies preceding a significant overhaul to Canada's federal taxation system in the early 1970s.
If the public comes to perceive that unequal access to justice is more about class dissonance than straightforward affordability, then the cries for professional deregulation and system overhaul will finally tip the legislative scales.
And why should anyone believe that OTLA will suddenly jump on the access to justice band wagon — and embark on a «litigation overhaul» when it hasn't and too often still doesn't challenge even the unqualified «experts» inhabiting its litigation system.
Despite this, the Government has introduced two Bills which have passed second reading seeking to drastically overhaul BC's civil justice and traffic court system.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin has commissioned a report aimed at overhauling Canada's family - law system.
To end this national tragedy, the Federal Government, through COAG, must lead a national overhaul of juvenile justice systems, laws, policies and practices.
Former head of Queensland corrections Keith Hamburger, who gave evidence about shocking conditions in the Don Dale detention centre, called for an overhaul of the youth justice system, led by Aboriginal people and communities.