Sentences with phrase «of jail time people»

Mark - Viverito also said the City Council will fund a $ 1.4 million bail fund to reduce the amount of jail time people who can't afford low bail for minor violations have to spend behind bars waiting for there cases to be adjudicated.

Not exact matches

David Debolt, reporting for East Bay Times says, «Oakland ramped up its counterattack to the U.S. war on drugs, expanding its one - of - a-kind program to help people jailed for marijuana crimes enter the booming cannabis industry.»

«There's a bunch of people currently serving time of jail, politicians who engaged in bribery or kickbacks, and were prosecuted under honest services instead of the federal anti-bribery statute,» says Henderson.

The report estimates that out of the 630,000 people held in jail, only 187,000 have been convicted of a crime, which is most often a misdemeanor that does not warrant time in prison.

And earlier this week, in a self - penned essay for Time, he wrote, «On any given day over 400,000 people, convicted of no crime, are held in jail because they can not afford to buy their freedom.

And jail time has a way of compelling people to do things they would rather not.

is that worth throwing them in jail for a «long long time» or worth the shedding of more blood... as soon as the people give up their lives for the sake of others, then the masses will not only know what real love is, they too will experience something as great,!

During his ten years as state senator and four as attorney general, Earley spent most of his time «working on how to put more people in jail and keeping them there longer,» he said in a speech at the Washington Convention Center.

«What DiSalvo missed, however, is that people like Randy Terry, Joan Andrews, and Christy Anne Collins have called the many pro-life sit - in groups around the country to a uniform code of «peaceful, prayerful» behavior and repentant acceptance of jail time (rather than paying bail or fines) which has become common — almost standard — throughout the movement.

Joseph was sold into slavery, Ruth lost her husband, Mary's son was crucified, Job lost everything, Paul went to jail, Stephen was stoned to death, etc. looking back now we can see the good that came out of those situations, I wonder if people said God was punishing Joseph, Ruth, Mary, Job, Paul, Stephen at the time they were going through what they were going through.

The ironic one that I still have a hard time wrapping my head around are all the people who (myself included — and even his close friend, the assistant pastor / jail chaplain) were forced out of a certain church when the pastor started attending seminary.

In 1541, the Hessian Superintendents sent the following petition to the Landgrave Philip: «In view of the fact that there are current many complaints about parsons who scandalize people by their excessive drinking and other disgraceful vices and yet remain unpunished as well as unreformed, we suggest that the jail at the cloister of Spisskoppel be restored and that the parsons who persist in their vices be given the choice either to leave their parishes or to be confined in this jail for a period of time the length of which shall depend on the nature of their offense, in order that on water and bread they may undergo corrective punishment.

he will face jail time because of the damage he caused to the bus and people inside..

Break the law spend time in jail it does not help much, but these people are out of the way.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon wants to legalize marijuana because she says it is time to stop putting black people and others of color in jail for something that is «effectively legal» for white New Yorkers.

Question topics during a post-announcement Q&A included the surprise resignation of Joe Percoco, the extensive list released today of New York endorsers of Hillary Clinton and Mayor Bill de Blasio's absence from that list, whether he supports de Blasio's call for changes to bail in light of the killing of Police Officer Randolph Holder, «felony drug dealers» being offered treatment instead of jail time, dealing with homeless people in the subway and rail systems, details of his executive order extending anti-discrimination laws to transgender people, Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch's departure and rules and laws around criminal defendant drug diversion programs.

Jailing the 13 - strong gang of baggage handlers, mules and dealers today for a total of 139 years Judge Michael Hopmeier said: «Millions of people use Heathrow each year and depend on the honesty and integrity of baggage handlers to do their job properly, but it is not simply a question of confidence in flight so far as a passenger getting his bag on arrival, but there is a security concern also, particularly in the times we live in.

Laws making homosexuality punishable by jail time in Uganda, and lack of property rights for women in India and the Middle East contribute to the AIDS epidemic by leaving people vulnerable to the disease without the legal standing to seek help, said Joseph Deiss, president of the UN General Assembly at the ceremony.

«A lot of people — they need community outreach such as services Crisis Services bring instead of jail — jail isn't the answer for a lot people, sometimes it is, unfortunately, but a lot of times we try to divert it if we can,» Zarbo noted.

The Malliotakis bill, sponsored by Sen. Marty Golden (R - Brooklyn) in the Senate, would prohibit judges from sentencing people with more than two felonies to drug diversion treatment programs instead of jail time.

To take away people's homes under fraudulent circumstances is a crime deserving of jail time,» said Schneiderman, who congratulated the Assembly, Speaker Silver and Assemblywoman Weinstein for overwhelmingly passing the act.

«I've seen too many people's lives ruined because they had small amounts of marijuana and served time in jail much too long.»

``... I think that any time you have a situation where something happens again and again and again, and it happens on the part of people who should know better, and it happens on the part of people who should be able to engage in a decent and reasonable calculus about whether or not it's worth going to jail and being separated from your liberty for a few thousand dollars, that something is broken in the system,» he continued a bit later.

Beyond police reform, Ms. Clinton also called for reforms to the nation's prisons and jails — which, like police reform, is a hot topic in New York City — saying much of the jail population are people serving time for violating parole, minor drug crimes or awaiting bail.

So far I believe no one has served any jail time, and if anyone did it was less than a year, Our jails are full of people who wish «Cover UP: Cuomo was the DA so they to cculd get a sweet deal, but they are the moneyless and powerless, not like Steven Ratter, or Ray Harding, or the others that have been given Get out of jail cards, paid a fine, and send I will help you in your investigation to get Hank Morris who is becoming more and more the fall guy, as they say somebody has to go to jail so why not good old Hank Morris.

«Every day, people plead guilty to crimes, regardless of guilt, because they can't afford bail and just want to return home to their families and avoid time spent in jail.

«Richard Graham: Why I, a Conservative parliamentary candidate, am prepared to go to jail Main Alistair Thompson: Next time the country faces a big freeze, battalions of unemployed people should be called upon to clear the streets of snow»

I also totally agree with you about the criminal system, I'm sick if hearing rich people buying themselves out of trouble and poor people spending way too much time in jail for the crime they committed xox

May 19, 2018 • The law allows for a fine of up to $ 50,000, two years of jail time, or both, to be imposed on any person who intentionally publishes false information.

+1 for mentioning jail time, since people seem to forget about the penalties of tax avoidance sometimes.

In her spare time, Brand is involved in a variety of animal charitable causes; she and one of her chocolate Labrador Retrievers, Beau, participate in PAWS for People, a pet - assisted volunteer services program based in Newark, Del., where they visit and encourage young people inPeople, a pet - assisted volunteer services program based in Newark, Del., where they visit and encourage young people inpeople in jail.

Some restrictions that various versions of BSL impose are: - muzzling and leashing in public - muzzling and leashing in cars - extra-short leash lengths - automatic dangerous or vicious dog designation, without any bite history - banning from city parks and beaches where other breeds are allowed - banning from leash - free parks where other breeds are allowed - banning completely from jurisdiction (although sometimes existing dogs are allowed to stay)- special (i.e., more expensive) licensing and jurisdiction - wide registry - special tags identifying the dog as a restricted dog - mandatory microchipping and photograph - mandatory insurance (often one million dollars) for each individual dog on the premises - mandatory signage indicating the presence of the dog on the owner's property - mandatory secure enclosures (in some cases, mandatory chaining)- mandatory spay / neuter (to eventually eliminate the breed entirely)- higher fines and / or jail time if a restricted breed bites or menaces - fines and / or jail time for any infraction of any provision regarding restricted breeds - age limit for walking the dog in public - persons with criminal records not allowed to own a restricted breed - ability of law enforcement to stop owners on the street just to check the dog's status - ability of law enforcement to seize dogs without proof of wrongdoing - ability of law enforcement to enter an owner's home, with or without a warrant, to investigate and / or seize a dog

Jail time and fines have their place, maybe social stigmatization by wearing something so people are aware of what you have been tried for?

Aside from the legal penalties being thousands of dollars in fines and / or months of jail time, faking a service dog hurts other people and real service dogs.

Too often people look at a crate as being the equivalent of jail time for their dog.

I know that for most people, Mexico this time of year means beaches, beer funnels, lounge chairs, diving excursions, 600 - thread count sheets, sunny weather, and nights slept on the floor of dingy jail cells while being protected by someone named «Big Hector» who for some reason has taken an interest in your well - being (okay, that last one may only apply to me).

Although 636,000 people walk out of prison gates a year, people will go to jail more than 11 million times a year, which highlights the enormous jail churn that occurs throughout the U.S..

And, as Ronnie Dean Harris, one of the Indigenous leaders supporting the Burnaby blockade line, posted to social media, this is about the fact that «people may get more jail time for crossing an invisible line of an injunction than you can get for killing an Indigenous youth in this country.»

People do not feel threatened by exceptional acts of ethical behavior because they feel exempt from such impossibly high standards, i.e. Mother Teresa helping the poorest of the poor in India and Nelson Mandela doing jail time for leading South Africa out of apartheid.

According to The Baltimore Sun, two dozen of these people were fined and threatened with jail time after their cellphones rang in Stone's courtroom, and at least two people were jailed for slamming doors.

Often times, the person convicted of a misdemeanor doesn't receive the jail portion of the sentence.

Normally, if a person is sentenced to county jail time, he / she gets one day of good conduct credit for each day in jail.

Brad Clark: Well, a lot of our business is expungement, which are people that have been out of jail, have been out of trouble for five to 10 plus years and so that doesn't apply to that but then as far as like DUIs, there will be some people that do call lawyers that night, you are provided time to call a lawyer when you are arrested for DUI but then there are a lot of people that they bond out the next morning and they're depressed and they're sitting on their couch and they're trying to research things online and that's when the marketing happens, that's when the connection happens, and the client contacts you.

I am interesting if penal codes in US or UK allows a convicted person to obtain release on parole after only one third of jail time, although the person never admitted the crime nor most of the prejudice is not recovered.

This differs from a criminal case where the state or local prosecutor files the lawsuit, and a guilty person or party is punished with jail time, fines, probation, or a number of other penalties that can be handed down by a judge.

In an article titled Ottawa drops appeal of ruling that gave no jail time to aboriginal man published in The Globe and Mail edition of August 30, 2016, Sean Fine described Justice Green's ruling as a «19,000 word cri de coeur against the over-incarceration of indigenous people and a rebellion against a convention in which traffickers are sentenced according to the quantity of the drugs they were selling.»

People commit crimes all the time; that is why nearly 1 million people in the U.S. are in jail right now - some of them may even be in there for crimes they actually commPeople commit crimes all the time; that is why nearly 1 million people in the U.S. are in jail right now - some of them may even be in there for crimes they actually commpeople in the U.S. are in jail right now - some of them may even be in there for crimes they actually committed!

And they continue to seek criminal records, and sometimes jail time, for people charged with simple possession of marijuana for their own use.

By definition, members of the proposed class are persons who have spent time in jail from a relatively young age, have developed drug and alcohol problems, have damaged senses of masculinity, and have maintained their silence for years.

That being said, unauthorized disclosures by the former are already occurring, but they are occurring in a complete legal vacuum where people like Snowden have less of an incentive to be careful with the scope of their disclosures since they know they are already facing either jail time or exile regardless of the public value of the leaked information.