Sentences with phrase «penal justice»

«Delays are bad for the accused, extremely bad for the victims, and extremely bad for Canadian society and the credibility of our judiciary,» Rolland told the committee, which is examining questions related to court delays and their effects on penal justice across the country.

Vengeance and retaliation could be outwardly administered; penal justice could be roughly managed by legality; but the more magnanimity was called for, the more inward quality was indispensable, until at last the Bible faced man with an ideal that put upon him a profound demand for interior regeneration — «Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.»

Not exact matches

Some museums have pushed a mission to educate the public about the evolution of the penal system, but there has been criticism that, depending on the institution, the «history» is sanitized, leaving out abuse of prisoners and other unsavory aspects of the criminal justice system.

But unlike other Russian oligarchs, Khodorkovsky now enjoys an exceptional moral authority for surviving years in Russia's dismal penal system and waging legal battles in a corrupt and troubled justice system.

She wants to do justice to criticisms of penal and forensic understandings of the Cross, and she offers a nuanced account of the saving significance of the Cross within her own Incarnation - centered scheme.

The penal substitution theory of the atonement states that justice demands the punishment of sin and that Jesus Christ was punished on the cross in our place.

He suggested and «hoped» that other penal and penitential measures might achieve justice, «favour the good of souls and avoid scandal» in an expedited way, especially relevant given Fr Murphy's precarious health.

In his ruling, N.Y. Supreme Court justice Manuel Mendez wrote, «New York State penal law does not refer to «wagering» or «betting,» rather it states that a person, «risks something of value.

It remains to be seen what Gove is prepared to do on this - but it is important to note Cameron has his own priors when it comes to hanging justice secretaries out to dry when they run into trouble with the press, large sections of which continue to oppose a more liberal penal policy.

The justice secretary's decision to close down a prison sex investigation is the latest example of his hostility to penal reform groups

The public attitudes that fuel penal populism have long bedevilled attempts to forge a more effective and humane justice system and many of those same attitudes lie behind the events of 2016.

Having served on the Governor's Commission on Youth, Public Safety and Justice, I have long advocated for a common - sense update to our penal law.

Speaking Sunday at a press conference detailing the report, the head of the 27 - member commission, former New York Chief Justice Jonathan Lippman, excoriated Rikers Island as a «penal colony» physically and psychologically remote from the city at large that does far more harm than good to anyone who ends up there.

The Island is a powerful symbol of a discredited approach to criminal justice — a penal colony that subjects all within its walls to inhumane conditions.»

Canadian Supreme Court Justices Wilson and Cory emphasized the significance of the treatment in a 1990 case about whether solitary is a «true penal [consequence]» sufficient to attract criminal procedural protections under the Charter.

In December 2016, $ 175.2 million was injected to add 573 human resource people and courtrooms to help improve delays in penal and criminal justice.»

These listings include schedules of upcoming hearings in civil, criminal and penal matters of the Superior and Quebec Court of Justice.

Moreover, restorative justice sanctions are more effective as a deterrent against shoplifting behaviour than formal penal sanctions such as a trial and sentencing.

According to the website of the Ministry of Justice, «the decision not to have the courts deal with an offence is a matter of prosecutorial discretion and is made by the criminal and penal prosecuting attorney» only once «it is has been determined that the wrongful act attributed to the offender constitutes an offence, that it can be proved and that no legal obstacle bars the prosecution.»

Until recently, restorative justice has been on the fringes of penal reform.

Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust said: «Re-establishing the principle of right to review helps to restore balance to a penal system distorted by the 2003 Criminal Justice Act.

«A Ministry of Justice could concentrate on reducing crime and running an effective penal system without being diverted by constant crises in security and immigration policy.

Our submission (on women in prison and reform of justice and penal systems) has been published.