Sentences with phrase «penalties for crimes committed»

It also seeks to improve mental health services, strengthen penalties for crimes committed on school grounds, define school shootings as acts of terrorism, require schools to perform active shooter drills four times a year, and provide school personnel with panic buttons.

In 2014, Florida Statute 825.103 «Exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult» became effective, which makes it easier for authorities to prosecute persons who exploit elders and increases penalties for crimes committed against elders.

Buchwald says the proposition goes as far as the state can go «given the constraints of the U.S. Constitution... You can't pass a law ex post facto that increases penalties for a crime committed in the past.»

Not exact matches

SB1694 was announced in a March 13 press release, which relates that if the bill passes, crimes committed «through and with the use of virtual currency, will have a penalty that is one degree higher than what is provided for» by the Revised Penal Code.

I was told Jesus claimed to be God in the flesh (John 1:14 n Phil 2:5 ff; et al.) I was told that in about 30AD Jesus let himself be executed for a crime he did not commit as a way of satisfying Justice for all our injustices — like one who pays a penalty owed by another.

I think the death penalty is the answer for those that commit crimes such as murder.

When the crime of rape and child molestation is commited — what should be the penalty for this crime?

I turned intentionally to a life of crime at age twelve and found myself facing the death penalty at age twenty for offenses including conspiracies to commit bank robberies, hijackings, and homicide, and then, after a merciful and undeserved reprieve from God, spent ten years in America's worst prison trying to figure out, among other things, the nature of punishment — and «Saving Punishment» by Stephen Webb is certainly the best meditation I've come across on the subject.

«In his prior political offices, Eliot Spitzer brought junk lawsuits which seldom held up in court against New York's leading industries for his own political gain, to the detriment of the citizens of New York; he misused the powers of his offices to «steamroll» legitimate political opposition, and acted with calculated hypocrisy, signing tougher penalties into law for the very crimes he was committing.

He's also in favor of increasing the penalties for those who commit gun related crimes and those who shoot first responders.

He instituted the death penalty in his state in 2000, claiming that people must be held accountable for their actions and any crime they may commit.

«What is so conservative about saying that individuals who commit crimes against New Yorkers should pay the proper penalty for those crimes?»

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus retains the death penalty only for crimes committed under special circumstances (war - crimes).

«There's bills that I would support and hopefully get a vote that would tighten up what you could actually use campaign funds for, it would increase the penalties for people that commit crimes, it would remove your pension if you're found guilty of this stuff,» said Stallmer.

Fingerprinting has several advantages when trying to catch tax dodgers, but mainly that it helps to catch an accused who fails to appear for trial or sentencing since it allows law enforcement to execute a bench warrant for the arrest of a person alleged to have committed a tax crime, including any accused who may leave the country to avoid facing penalties.

We feel it's important for our readers to know the crimes committed against our helpless animals and the light penalties these criminals actually receive.

Sequel to the game of the same name from» 88, Bionic Commando sees Nathan «Rad» Spencer, hero from the original, facing the death - penalty for a crime he did not commit.

Connecticut is one of three states that has eliminated the death penalty only for crimes committed after the repeal took effect.

The penalties may be more severe if you used a firearm, injured a victim, or committed the crime for the benefit of a criminal street gang.

All countries, Fodden writes, have provisions for deporting non-citizens who commit crimes, and the proposal appears to be at odds with international laws that prohibit sending people back to countries where they may be tortured or face the death penalty.

From the legal perspective, some people define economic - based crime to be an act of abstention from pursuing an action that will result in harm to the economic policy or the economic security of the country, committed by a person eligible for taking the criminal responsibility; such an act is prohibited by law and for which the law has prescribed a penalty or precautionary measures.

Under the court of law, if driver will plead guilty or will be found guilty with the crime by the judge or jury, he will then be bought to face a judge who will assess him with criminal penalties for committing the crime.