Sentences with phrase «over their justice systems»

Toronto Star: Lawyers and Judges Fight to Maintain their Stranglehold Over a Justice System that is Failing Canadians

«The recent Iacobucci report for the Ministry of Attorney General on flaws in the jury system with respect to aboriginal participation and the fact the aboriginal peoples are vastly overrepresented in our male and female prisons... show that native communities need much more control over their justice systems to prevent some terrible ongoing injustices,» says McRobert.

Not exact matches

On Canada's justice system, respondents are divided over what the goal should be.

Out the guilty, hand them over to the justice system, and move on.

Society at large happily turns pedophiles over to the criminal justice system.

(17) This contextualization can help us reflect on the judicial system in North America, for it allows us to penetrate the politicization of the rule of law when judgments are handed down that favor order over justice.

Man chose satan as their god and have had the chance to show what they could do without their creator and his ideas, principles and laws but it has not been pretty and as Jesus taught that satan is «The ruler of this world», «the god of this system» etc.but for «a little while longer» and the Creator will take his wisdom, justice, power and love and take over to show what was intended from the beginning.for scriptures (see 1 John 5:19, Rev. 12:9 - 12, Luke 22:31, Matt.25: 41, 1 Pet.5: 8,9, John 8:44,45) and so many others for those who care.

That is perpetuating a system of nationalistic idolatry over and against cries for justice and equitable society.

The conflict which he led broke out over a foreign baal, supported by royal authority and symbolizing the entire system of alien customs, selfish luxury, and iniquitous commercialism that threatened not alone Yahweh's worship but Yahweh's social justice.

A few of the obvious drives that pack us off, daily or weekly or episodically or, for some, in hope, permanently, are fear or even terror in the particular given set of circumstances; the sheer discouragement and exhaustion of facing questions without answer; profound disillusionment — it takes many forms — with the pertinent, prevailing system or systems; deep and bitter contempt for one's own society, bred of the abysmal failure to attain in consistent practice even a semblance of the justice professed and acclaimed; despair — so it was with the college generation of the late sixties — over the formidable obduracy of a political establishment in going its merciless way quite apparently deaf to the cries of anguish of its empathetic and real victims, victims by the tens of millions here and around the world.

Zylka pointed out though, the holding center has already been the subject of a federal Department of Justice review and over the past few years has taken major steps forward to address perceived flaws in the system.

But cutting the YJB won't save much money — around # 100,000 over three years — and threatens, through undermining a joined - up youth justice system, to actually increase costs over the long term through higher criminality and the attendant costs to individuals and the state.

These cases are often dealt with outside the criminal justice system: a woman filmed crushing a kitten and the video's cameraman both lost their jobs following a «successful» human flesh search and a man recorded arguing with a foreigner over a traffic violation was forced to make an apology on national TV.

The Democratic - led Assembly over the next two days will take up a package of a dozen bills aimed at reforming the criminal justice system in the state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a series of proposals for reforming the state's criminal justice system, in response to heightened tensions over the death of an unarmed Staten Island resident after an encounter with police, as well as the recent murder of two police officers

Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system, signed an executive order to have the state's attorney general take over from local district attorneys, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.

Since he took over as Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling has been pushing ahead more productively with cuts to legal aid, reform of the courts system and a new, more accountable prison regime.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would sue the federal government over the just - passed tax bill, proposed major changes to the state's criminal justice system and introduced a suite of policies to combat sexual harassment in his annual State of the State address on Wednesday.

The case, along with a police shooting in Missouri of teenager Michael Brown that led to no charges of a local police officer there, led to a series of protests in cities around the country and a debate over police tactics as well as calls to reform the criminal justice system.

The debate is over how to treat 16 and 17 year old defendants in the justice system.

The District Attorneys Association of New York, in a rare step, also commented on the indictment, voicing concerns over the functioning of the criminal justice system in the county.

However, the debate over reforms to the juvenile justice system proved to be deeply complex and, for now, are being pushed further down the legislative docket.

The research found that once young people had entered the youth justice system the patterns of over - and under - representation remained.

The measures show splits still to be resolved over education spending, ethics rules, minimum wage, property taxes, criminal - justice matters and billions in capital spending for everything from roads to transit systems.

«The apparent reluctance to act, displayed by the District Attorney's Office is a major source of our alarm over the failure to address the deep public anger and steeply eroding trust in our justice system.»

The magistrates claim they are facing a 3.5 per cent annual cut in real terms funding in the coming years, but Lord Falconer insisted that over the last decade, investment in the criminal justice system had gone up from two per cent of GDP to 2.5 per cent.

When Michael Gove took over at the Ministry of Justice after the election it was seen as his opportunity to introduce to the legal system some of the reforming zeal clearly demonstrated at the Department for Education.

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.

«All ideas of making people feel they have more power and control over government and their lives and the criminal justice system, those are all things we can look at,» he said.

In a Martin Luther King Day column for the Daily News, Gov. Andrew Cuomo argued that the crusade for justice started by the legendary civil rights leader is not over, and said finishing it requires righting wrongs in the justice system.

In nominating Justice Barbone Councilman Andy King said «Judge Barone has served New Yorkers for over 22 years as a skilled and professional member of the legal system.

Last summer, the U.S. Department of Justice threatened to take over New York's juvenile - prison system after investigating Tryon and two other state facilities and uncovering a litany of abuses: employees restraining kids so often and with so much force that kids had endured concussions, broken teeth, and broken bones.

There were many things wrong with the president's statements not least of all a suggestion of a presidential veto over the judiciary which is contrary to and indeed antithetical to separation of powers which underpins our constitutional order; and a severe misunderstanding and / or disregard for the presumption of innocence which is the basis of our criminal justice system.

«The cloud that hangs over District Attorney Vance and his office is creating a crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system in perhaps the busiest and most high profile district attorney's office in the nation,» Malliotakis wrote.

«Over the past two and a half years, he has been a collaborative partner, open - minded and receptive to a broad range of ideas and perspectives about how to improve public safety and make the criminal justice system more fair,» he said.

«As Brooklyn District Attorney, I've dedicated myself and our Office's resources over the past three years to keeping the people of our great borough safe while strengthening our commitment to reform and improve our criminal justice system,» Thompson said.

The problems are so severe that the United States Department of Justice threatened last year to take over the entire state system unless New York officials moved to fix them.

Soares turned a wave of community engagement and debate over the criminal justice system into an upset victory over incumbent Paul Clyne in the Democratic primary.

Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system, signed an executive order to have the state's Attorney General take over from the local District Attorney, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.

The county democratic party hardly focuses on judicial races and judicial candidates seldom reach out to local clubs for endorsements; however, I have elected to include their ratio in this piece because courts have the ability to deeply impact anyone who is involved in the justice system, and people in a lower socio - economic class are likely to have less control over and support with their legal matters.

The pardon plan also comes amid a national debate over reducing sentences for nonviolent offenders, in part because of the cost of mass incarceration and concerns about racial inequality in the criminal justice system.

According to a 2001 survey by the National Institute of Justice, 62 percent of police departments with over 100 officers use GIS systems.

Aside from Doc's nemesis, the rogue detective Bigfoot Bjornsen, the police are untouchable and the justice system consistently rigged — themes taken up by protesters all over the US this year in the aftermath of police killings.

This theft is enough to get the father to turn him over to the juvenile justice system.

In fact, many youth court systems follow the restorative approach to justice, which mandates therapeutic interventions over retributive ones.

In response to his comments, over 50 California - based civil rights, social justice, and education organizations signed the letter below urging the Governor to continue the state's commitment to equity by not just narrowing, but closing the achievement and opportunity gaps, continuing the work of the Local Control Funding Formula, and supporting a strong accountability system.

Best - selling crime author John Grisham told lawmakers that faulty science is all over the US justice system, and urged nationwide improvements to forensic techniques.

If the justice system finds something to prosecute the author / publisher over, then Amazon should definitely pull the book.

We pulled Justice from the shelter on the 4th of July, because, honestly, the number of animals that come through the shelter system over this holiday goes up by almost 20 %!

This week on Episode 51: Natetastic, Aggelos, Thais, Deltia of DeltiasGaming.com and special guest Nate Lanxon of NateLanxon.com as they go over game news including Update 6: Collections, Update 6 The Justice System, and ESO Live that aired on January 1/30/2015.