Sentences with phrase «move justice reform»

, we were asked to come up with one idea from each table to help access to justice and to move justice reform forward.

During the closing session of the Canadian Bar Association's Envisioning Equal Justice Summit: Building Justice for Everyone, held in Vancouver in April, we were asked to come up with one idea from each table to help access to justice and to move justice reform forward.

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He stressed the need for criminal justice reform, stating that he would push to eliminate monetary bail for non-violent crimes, and also move to close jails with long histories of violations.

A pair of police reform measures vigorously opposed by New York City's largest officers union is moving toward passage in the City Council, a last - ditch effort by its departing speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, who has staked her legacy on criminal justice reform.

In the last several weeks, the governor has made multiple moves on criminal justice reform, announcing that he would overhaul solitary confinement in state prisons as well as conditionally pardoning individuals who committed a non-violent felony or misdemeanor at the age of 16 or 17 and have lived a law abiding life for a decade.

Asked for more detail on how Stringer got to the three - year goal and what that «data analysis» looked like, the comptroller's office told Gotham Gazette that the ten - year timeline is simply too long, that if New York wants to be a leader in criminal justice reform, it must move faster.

These types of moves do not increase the confidence that activists concerned about criminal justice and prison reform have in this administration.

ALBANY, NY (05/28/2013)(readMedia)-- Just weeks after scathing reports about the abysmal failure of the Close to Home juvenile «reform» program diverting youthful offenders from state juvenile justice facilities to inadequate New York City based programs, the Cuomo administration is doubling down on bad policy and moving to close two more centers.

«Eric's public support for good, well - paying jobs with a living wage, equal rights and social justice reform, plus his innovative approaches to reducing our city's reliance on incarceration, make him the right choice to continue moving Brooklyn forward,» Gresham said.

The governor is expected to move on criminal justice reforms in the wake of the death of Eric Garner and a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who put him in a fatal chokehold.

Wisneski said long - stalled criminal justice reforms also could move under a Democratic Senate.

«This set of reforms helps to move the criminal «justice» system closer to actual justice and away from an overreliance on arrests, prosecution and jail for low - level offenses,» said Tina Luongo, the attorney in charge of the criminal defense practice at the Legal Aid Society.

It's a sign of the issue's growing importance in Democratic politics, as it's moved from a fringe libertarian fantasy to a plank of liberals» criminal justice reform platforms.

In the Democratic - led Assembly, meanwhile, criminal justice concerns include a focus on reform efforts, such as moving criminal cases involving 16 and 17 year olds to juvenile court, a measure that has stalled at the Capitol.

«This is change; this is reform; this is moving forward,» Ms. Mark - Viverito said in a phone interview on Tuesday, citing her criminal justice reform efforts.

Wisneski says long - stalled criminal justice reforms could also move under a Democratic Senate.

The moves were applauded by criminal justice reform groups such as VOCAL - NY and the New York Civil Liberties Union.

The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee was set up in 2010 when Nick Clegg's portfolio of constitutional affairs was moved from the Ministry of Justice into the Cabinet Office.

In his State of the State speech Wednesday Jan. 3, Gov. Andrew Cuomo moved to end cash bail for people facing misdemeanor and nonviolent felony charges as part of a criminal justice reform proposal package.

The move amounts to a legal sidestep of the State Legislature, where the Republican - controlled Senate has opposed many of Mr. Cuomo's proposed criminal justice reforms.

Wisneski says long stalled criminal justice reforms could also move under a Democratic Senate.

Council of State Governments Justice Center released a school discipline publication that documents how five states — CA, CT, IL, NC, and TN — reduced their reliance on suspensions and encourages policymakers and education leaders everywhere to take the critical steps needed to move toward a more comprehensive vision of school discipline reform — one that ensures efforts to limit disciplinary removals also foster supportive learning environments that keep all students engaged in school and improve student outcomes.

The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center has released a new report, Realizing the Full Vision of School Discipline Reform: A Framework for Statewide Change, which documents how five states have reduced their reliance on suspensions while moving toward a more comprehensive vision of school discipline reform — one that ensures that efforts to limit disciplinary removals from the classroom are combined with strategies to foster supportive learning environReform: A Framework for Statewide Change, which documents how five states have reduced their reliance on suspensions while moving toward a more comprehensive vision of school discipline reform — one that ensures that efforts to limit disciplinary removals from the classroom are combined with strategies to foster supportive learning environreform — one that ensures that efforts to limit disciplinary removals from the classroom are combined with strategies to foster supportive learning environments.

In an unprecedented move that reflects a climate of judicial concern over the BC Justice Reform initiative, the three Chief Justices of BC's courts issued a five page statement on judicial independence today.

Law reform commissions as well as self - standing initiatives such as the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters have made this sort of rethinking a priority for moving forward.

For the federal and Ontario governments» actions to match their words about ending stigma and discrimination, their respective justice ministers must move immediately to implement long - awaited reforms.

My point here is that rather than start ethics reform by randomly introducing less qualified, for - profit law practitioners into the market as specious proof that something is actually being done to improve access to justice, let's tackle the challenges that can and will move the needle; such as, modernization of the court system, increasing legal aid, and modernizing lawyer ethics rules that will enable lawyers and law firms to innovate and modernize the business and practice of law.

In a move that would move away from Obama's criminal justice reform and return to a law and order mentality.

Instead of self - congratulations, the justice minister should actually move forward with marijuana legalization, decriminalization of drug possession, bail reform, fixes to court delays, judicial appointments and minimum sentence rollbacks.

Woolfing The current reforms reflect a move to «Woolf» the tribunal sector and can be best understood as part of a wider vision of an administrative justice «system» in the UK.

The Commission congratulates Senator Siewert for moving the Reform Bill; particularly to the extent the proposed amendments implement the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner's Native Title Report 2009.

OJJDP 2015 Annual Report - Moving Ahead: Our Commitment To Reforming the Juvenile Justice System, OJJDP, March 2018 PDF