Sentences with phrase «over mandatory sentences»

The coalition tussle over mandatory sentences for knife crime held the hallmark of parties upping the ante, in their pursuit of a captive audience.

Not exact matches

Any point total over 44 points means that a state prison sentence must be imposed unless the prosecutors agree or the judge chooses to depart below the mandatory prison term as called for by legal guidelines.

Another reason for the spike in Aboriginal incarceration is the harsh mandatory - minimum sentencing laws passed by Stephen Harper's conservative government over the past decade which increased sentences for a wide variety of crimes while limiting parole opportunities.

Michael Dineen of Dawe Dineen says the court's rejection of Forcillo's legal team's dispute over the mandatory minimum sentence does not necessarily mean mandatory minimum sentences for attempted murder with a firearm will be ruled reasonable in the future.

And in upholding the sentence of six years, which is one year over the mandatory minimum sentence, the court recognized the seriousness of Forcillo's crime,» Spratt said in an email statement.

The American criminal justice system is far from being sufficiently enlightened, starting by too many presumed - innocent people caged without bond pending sentencing, moving to Virginia's crabbed criminal discovery system, continuing to Virginia's system that allows prosecutors to scare defendants to plead guilty by their refusal to waive a jury that in many instances and locations can mean more racist jurors than judges on top of the jurors often being more wild cards than judges for sentencing, continuing to the many judges who choose judicial efficiency over a fair trial, continuing to the brutal capital punishment system, cntinuing to excessive mandatory minimum and guideline sentencing, and continuing to the slew of innocent convicted people (many of whom plead gulilty rather than risking a worse fate), and continuing to frequently excessive sentences and excessive probation violation sentences.

Over the past few decades, as well, it appears that public opinion is shifting on the way we view crime and punishment as a society, seeming to favor rehabilitation over more punitive measures and harsh mandatory sentenOver the past few decades, as well, it appears that public opinion is shifting on the way we view crime and punishment as a society, seeming to favor rehabilitation over more punitive measures and harsh mandatory sentenover more punitive measures and harsh mandatory sentences.

Wilson Raybould says she will be looking at the 51 new mandatory minimum sentences introduced over the past 10 years.

Our Government regularly complains about activist out - of - touch judges meddling into Parliament's bailiwick by tossing out mandatory minimum sentences or invalidating Criminal Code amendments, yet over a decade in power it is that same Conservative Government that has appointed every Superior Court judge across the country.

The Committee acknowledges that significant progress has been achieved in the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights of Indigenous peoples, through the COAG framework and the national strategy on Indigenous violence; the diversionary and preventative programs aimed at reducing the over representation of young people in the criminal justice system; and the abrogation of mandatory sentencing in the Northern Territory.

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

It is a matter of great concern that the scope of the mandatory sentencing provisions in Western Australia has recently been expanded to apply to an assault on a «public officer», with a minimum prison term of six months for an adult and up to 3 months detention for a juvenile 16 years and over.