Sentences with phrase «people convicted»

It raises policy issues regarding the protection of children and the effect this may have on the re-integration of people convicted of certain crimes into society.»

Nearly two - thirds of the people convicted in the children's deaths were men.

By Georgia law, people convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) must take this course.

The Wet Reckless Program: This is a 12 - hour DUI alcohol and drug education program for people convicted of reckless driving while intoxicated.

Many Motor Vehicle Departments require an SR - 22 for people convicted of certain traffic violations.

From a practical perspective the four main difficulties are that (1) people convicted of crimes often lack the income or assets to pay judgments, (2) there are double recovery issues involved in reconciling restitution awards in a criminal case (where the measure of damages is narrower) and damage awards in a civil case (where the measure of damages is broader), (3) there are priority issues involved in reconciling criminal awards for fines, restitution and costs, in each case with civil awards for damages, and (4) if the defendant declares bankruptcy, the non-dischargeability of the civil judgment must be affirmatively raised and proved (often this is elementary but there are strict time limits) in the bankruptcy proceeding.

We're talking about $ 100 or $ 200 for the people convicted of crime.

The offence is inherently serious and besides the label of «sexual offender», people convicted of sexual offences are usually placed on a national sex offender's registry, creating long - term consequences, and that is to say nothing about the penalties that a Court may impose.

Historically, people convicted of white collar crimes received what were thought to be lighter sentences when contrasted with individuals charged with other types of crimes.

According to the National Registry of Exonerations, approximately 23 % of people convicted of murders -LSB-...]

The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta has ruled that the provincial Jury Act may exclude people convicted or charged with criminal acts from serving on juries.

Partner Robert Brown comments on proposals from campaign group the Howard League for Penal Reform that prison should be reserved for people convicted of violent, threatening or sexual crimes.

People Convicted in «Scent Lineups» Fight Back Main California Kidnapping Case Involves Bizarre «Fake Rescuer»»

Under federal law, people convicted of drug offenses are subject to strict mandatory minimum sentences based largely on the quantity of drugs possessed by the defendant.

Currently, queer people convicted of sexual assault are placed in prisons associated with their gender — so yes, it is acceptable for someone convicted of sexual assault to be imprisoned with people of their victim's gender.

People Convicted in «Scent Lineups» Fight Back»

People accused of crimes have the right to remain silent, but an anti-death penalty Web site gives voice to people convicted of capital crimes.

The new law allows people convicted of a crime in New York more than 10 years ago to apply to get their criminal records sealed by the sentencing judge.

«There is no evidence that mandatory prison time for people convicted of drug offences reduces the problems associated with drug use, or drug use itself.

In France, in contrast, the constitution states that all people convicted of crimes that cease to be crimes under a change in the law, are entitled to benefit from the change in the law.

On March 2, 2012, I blogged that Virginia's House of Delegates passed a Senate - passed bill mandating the ignition interlock for all people convicted of drunk driving, whereas beforehand those with first - time DWI convictions for a blood alcohol content under...

To be sure, there are those whose criminality dominates their character and no one is going to be urging banks to hire people convicted of fraud or schools to fill their classrooms with child pornographers.

The committee did amend the bill to limit the time people convicted of certain crimes are prohibited from living with or keeping dogs declared «dangerous», dogs over 12 weeks of age that are not spayed / neutered, or dogs that are not micro-chipped.

Lobby day participants are urging passage of S.B. 380, a bill that would make cockfighting a felony, make it a felony to provide a premises for animal fighting, possess animals for fighting or animal fighting paraphernalia, require forfeiture of animals for people convicted of animal fighting and prohibit wagering on animal fights.

Penalties against people convicted of animal cruelty will face fines of up to $ 30,000 and / or a three - year jail term in Singapore.

People convicted for the first time of alcohol - impaired driving are less likely to reoffend if they have to install alcohol interlocks on their vehicles, a new study of Washington state's interlock law shows.

Some of the jail sentences handed out to these teachers were greater than people convicted of second - degree murder.

Last May, President Obama told an audience in El Paso that deportation of immigrants would focus on «violent offenders and people convicted of crimes; not families, not folks who are just looking to scrape together an income.»

«But as I've come to learn, like many people convicted of domestic violence he could be very charming and he lured me back.»

The death penalty is legal in 31 of the 50 US states, where it is given to some people convicted of murder.

If used in court, these tools could vastly reduce the number of people convicted of crimes they didn't commit.

There was comparatively strong agreement between the groups of experts about the positive effects of expanded mental health - related prohibitions, the required reporting of lost or stolen firearms, media campaigns to prevent children from accessing guns, and the required surrender of firearms by those prohibited from possessing guns, such as people convicted of felonies.

Among the findings was that lifting restrictions on concealed carry guns increases violent crime and that laws restricting gun ownership for people convicted of domestic violence reduced killings of female domestic partners.

The state should also offer people convicted of marijuana offenses a chance to seal or expunge those convictions because they can have lifelong consequences, James said.

More than 2,000 people convicted of crimes, including those imprisoned for murder and rape, will be notified by Texas prosecutors about the possibility of defective forensic evidence in their cases...

During his time in the Commons, De Bois campaigned for tougher sentences for people convicted of carrying knives.

The bill would require people convicted of all felonies, and all penal law misdemeanors, to hand over their DNA to the databank.

The minority leader talks about Governor Spitzer's campaign finance reform proposals, the recently passed state budget, and his support for legislation to allow the death penalty for people convicted of killing law enforcement personnel.

The city budget for the fiscal year that started July 1 included $ 26 million for lawyers for immigrants threatened with deportation — but Mayor de Blasio said the money should not go to people convicted of 170 serious crimes.

The city's sentenced population is generally made up of people convicted on lesser offenses who are serving less than a year, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

«In my view, people convicted of serious violent or sexual offences should not have the right to vote while in prison.»

«John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of the number of people convicted of the crime of social dangerousness in Cuba in each of the last five years.

The final budget is expected to require that people convicted in domestic violence cases surrender any guns they own.

The Cuban government does not publish statistics on the number of people convicted on these grounds, but the non-governmental Cuban commission for human rights and national reconciliation, estimates that there are currently between 3,000 and 5,000 people in prison in Cuba convicted of «pre-criminal social dangerousness.»

Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda, but the bill which is before parliament proposes tougher sentences for people convicted.

But now Politicker reports that Segal is back at work because letting him go might have violated hiring laws meant to protect people convicted of crimes.

Thousands of people convicted of nonviolent crimes end up in prison, even as some hardened, violent criminals never serve time, de Blasio said.

What caught our attention from Gale's questionnaire / interview: «NYC needs a zero - tolerance policy for dangerous driving, which would involve mandatory loss of licenses for people convicted of multiple dangerous violations.»

That includes legislation to restrict access to guns to people convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse, which has been proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, and tightening other laws for gun ownership.

The agency denied the WIC request because the nonprofit employed people convicted of felonies in high - ranking positions.