Sentences with phrase «mandatory death sentence»

(In most states it is impossible to plead guilty to a charge carrying a mandatory death sentence).

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Teneycke emphasized repeatedly during the hearings that anything other than mandatory carriage would be a «death sentence» for Sun News.

Mr Raab, meanwhile, wants to make it mandatory to deport any foreigner convicted of a crime resulting in a prison sentence of a year or longer, unless they face the threat of torture or death.

In some cases, federal mandatory minimums may be used to hand down a virtual death sentence.

While the mandatory minimum sentences for impaired driving continue to apply, obviously significantly increased penalties are common in cases where serious injury or death results.

The Committee notes its concerns in the findings which include the abolition of ATSIC; the continuing gap between Indigenous peoples and others in the areas of housing, employment, health and income; the continued existence of mandatory sentencing in Western Australia; the over representation of Indigenous peoples in prison, continued deaths in custody, Aboriginal women as the fastest growing prison population; and the Government's rejection of most of the recommendations adopted by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation in 2000.8

The submission highlights concerns with Australia's implementation of the treaty in relations to Indigenous issues including native title, heritage, deaths in custody, mandatory sentencing, self determination, the stolen generations and Indigenous disadvantage especially in relation to education, housing and health.

The Committee against Torture recommended that the Australian Government reduce the overcrowding in prisons, implement alternatives to detention, abolish mandatory sentencing and prevent and investigate deaths in custody.

Social Justice Report 2001 Contents Summary of the Social Justice Report 2001 Letter of submission Recommendations Chapter 1: Ten years on from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Chapter 2: Mutual obligation, welfare reform and Indigenous participation: a human rights perspective Chapter 3: Indigenous governance and community capacity - building Chapter 4: Laws mandating minimum terms of imprisonment («mandatory sentencing»)...