Sentences with phrase «people for homicides»

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And yet, as painful as such events are, and as much as they seem to increasingly define America's uniquely violent profile among developed nations, they account for just 1 - 2 % of all gun - related deaths in the U.S. «We lose upwards of 90 people a day on average to firearm violence, to suicide and homicide,» says Wintemute.

With a rate of fewer than 5 homicides per 100,000 people, Cuba is safer than any other Caribbean destination except for Grenada, according to U.N. statistics from 2011 (the latest available data).

Designating a lead detective to be responsible for victims» families might suffice for double or triple homicides, but for mass - casualty events a point person with specialized training who remains with gathered families throughout a crisis should be the norm.

There is also a presumption in the case of one person murdering another that the one murdered would have gone on living but for the intervening cause of homicide.

Code § 13A -6-1 (2006) defines «person,» for the purpose of criminal homicide or assaults, to include an unborn child in utero at any stage of development, regardless of viability and specifies that nothing in the act shall make it a crime to perform or obtain an abortion that is otherwise legal.

In addition to providing greater access to substance abuse services, they also include creating a new crime of homicide for anyone who gives or sells an illegal drug to another when that act leads to that person's death.

Given the political and media pressure that can follow a public tragedy such as a homicide by an ex-psychiatric patient, it may be the case that in many instances people are being discharged on CTOs not for their own benefit but for that of the professionals — to cover their backs in the case of something going wrong.

Despite a spate of random slashings and stabbings that have people under stably scared, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said the city is on pace for «our best years ever on shootings and homicides» and predicted that overall crime would be down once again at the end of the year.

THE BRONX — An epileptic driver off his medication was indicted Wednesday for homicide and manslaughter for the Halloween car crash that killed three people, including a 10 - year - old girl, according to the Bronx District Attorney's Office.

Alcohol is a primary factor in the four leading causes of death for young persons, ages 10 - 21, and nearly 100,000 people die each year from alcohol - related causes, including drinking and driving crashes, other accidents, falls, fires, alcohol - related homicides, and suicide.

Buffalo Police Detective Mark Cosantino, left, says he learned the importance of treating people with respect from his father, Tony Costantino, right, a retired Buffalo homicide detective who works as a confidential investigator for the Erie County District Attorney.

If a precinct went from 10 homicides and 90 car thefts in 1990, say, to zero homicides and 100 car thefts in 2000, the simple addition would yield the same result for both years — but most people would consider the area to have become much safer.

In the U.S., between 40 and 50 percent of homicides involve the use of alcohol by either the victim or perpetrator, and more than half involve people who are significantly impaired by alcohol, which means that their blood alcohol levels are at or above 0.08 percent, the legal limit for driving.

One major study published in JAMA in 2000 analyzed suicide and homicide data from 1985 to 1997 to evaluate the impact of the Brady Act, a 1994 federal law that requires background checks for people buying guns.

Those that made it hard for people with domestic violence restraining orders to get guns had 19 percent fewer intimate partner homicides compared with cities with less stringent laws, the team reported in Injury Prevention.

In 2015, for example, this city of more than 620,000 people saw 344 homicides.

As is Ms. Punch, who (aside from playing a mad - as - a-hatter brother - lover for Nick Cassavetes) is now also slated to star in Powers, the new show based on the comic series about a homicide detective who works cases involving people with superpowers.

For The Relic, it is this: «A homicide detective and an anthropologist try to destroy a South American lizard - like god, who's on a people eating rampage in a Chicago museum.»

If an individual has two or more convictions for driving under the influence or reckless homicide, that person must install an IID if she wants to obtain a Restricted Driving Permit; otherwise, that driver will face the loss of a license.

For a more recent version, where a man left his garage door open to tempt a person who he suspected had stolen from him, then was waiting and shot the kid when he came by, see the story of Markus Kaarma and his conviction for homiciFor a more recent version, where a man left his garage door open to tempt a person who he suspected had stolen from him, then was waiting and shot the kid when he came by, see the story of Markus Kaarma and his conviction for homicifor homicide.

Although the Ministry of Justice has spent the last two years reviewing homicide law, there still remains a serious problem around «one - punch killers» which means punishment for bad luck, according to: Barry Mitchell, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Coventry University Law School One of the criticisms the writer and others have of the current law is that it makes it too easy for a person to be convicted of manslaughter, essentially because the law pitches the minimum level of culpability too low.

If the person is convicted of committing a second violation within a 20 - year period of driving under the influence of alcohol or other drug, failure to stop and render aid in a motor vehicle accident involving death or personal injury, or reckless homicide, or any combination of these offenses, then a person may not apply for reinstatement until after the expiration of 5 years from the effective date of the most recent revocation.

If the person is convicted of reckless homicide, then a person may not apply for reinstatement until after 2 years from the effective date of revocation, or after the expiration of 24 months from the date of release from a period of imprisonment as provided in Section 6 - 103 of this Code, whichever is later.

Noted criminal lawyer Norm Pattis, based in New Haven CT and defending people throughout Connecticut and New England, has a remarkable success record as a criminal defense attorney for people charged with homicide crimes including:

While it is a relatively uncommon crime, with 335 recorded homicides of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and 2 019 homicides of non-Indigenous people during the 10 year period from 1999 - 2009, the rate of homicide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is 8.5 times the rate for non-Indigenous people.