Sentences with phrase «people in jail for»

The evidence from around the world tells us that putting people in jail for minor crimes does not create safer communities.

«There is a copyright lobby that is trying to work with governments to protect their property in a very aggressive fashion — almost in a very extremist fashion — where it's all about shutting websites down and putting people in jail for things that were being treated like parking tickets ten years ago.

«It's a remarkable thing to have the government say they want to legalize and still want to put people in jail for minor infractions,» Osgoode law professor Alan Young said.

We put people in jail for a number of reasons.

This group actually wants people in jail for not worshipping the Planet like they do.

Yes, Bharara put plenty of people in jail for trading on what's known as «material nonpublic information,» and some made perfectly reasonable targets.

So while the government would not themselves throw people in jail for loving the wrong people, that same government would actually go out of its way to enforce the old law through classism and the free market.

It's almost as bad as things are in America where between 1971 and 2007 they put 39 million people in jail for non-violent drug offences.

A time when we threw people in jail for miscegenation.

Putting people in jail for drug offenses, unless they've harmed other people, is not a Christian response.»

or the one that puts people in jail for publishing experimental proof that earth is not the center of universe (Galileo).

«The military commissions are willing to put people in jail for defending the rule of law,» Jay Connell, who represents another Guantanamo detainee facing a military commission, told The Daily Beast.

Not exact matches

People arrested for being members of the MS - 13 Mara Salvatrucha street gang, among other crimes, flash their gang's hand sign from inside a jail cell at a police station in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 12, 2012.

In Turkey, more than 32,000 people were put in jail and 100,000 have been dismissed from jobs in the security and civil services for their alleged links to a religious network the government says staged the July 15 military couIn Turkey, more than 32,000 people were put in jail and 100,000 have been dismissed from jobs in the security and civil services for their alleged links to a religious network the government says staged the July 15 military couin jail and 100,000 have been dismissed from jobs in the security and civil services for their alleged links to a religious network the government says staged the July 15 military couin the security and civil services for their alleged links to a religious network the government says staged the July 15 military coup.

In Beachwood, N.J., a person can be fined up to $ 1,000 and spend up to 90 days in jail for violating a similar drone laIn Beachwood, N.J., a person can be fined up to $ 1,000 and spend up to 90 days in jail for violating a similar drone lain jail for violating a similar drone law.

In Aventura, Fla., for example, drone operators could face a $ 500 fine and up to a year in jail if they fly a drone at a public gathering or take photos of a person's house without their consenIn Aventura, Fla., for example, drone operators could face a $ 500 fine and up to a year in jail if they fly a drone at a public gathering or take photos of a person's house without their consenin jail if they fly a drone at a public gathering or take photos of a person's house without their consent.

And earlier this week, in a self - penned essay for Time, he wrote, «On any given day over 400,000 people, convicted of no crime, are held in jail because they can not afford to buy their freedom.

«And how can I visit him in jail, I want to talk to him and let him know he's not alone and there are some people that care for him,» she wrote.

I wonder how long before he ends up in jail with Hovind, however, as these people never seem to last when money is your primary motivator for your actions.

Because if this is true i think more Muslims would be in jail for beating there wife but we see so called christians or people who do not represent any religion in jail or being arrested for beating there wife.

However, when I think of people in parts of Africa, South America, and Asia where laws may prohibit open Christianity, and our brothers and sisters are thrown in jail and many losing their life for the faith — then dealing with a few dirty looks or nasty comments isn't so bad.

is that worth throwing them in jail for a «long long time» or worth the shedding of more blood... as soon as the people give up their lives for the sake of others, then the masses will not only know what real love is, they too will experience something as great,!

A Christian MP has said the there is «serious problem in the criminal justice system» after a report found ethnic minority defendants are more likely to be jailed for some crimes than white people.

Stealing cars at 13, in and out of jail in his teens, killed his first person when he was 17 and got away with it, used and sold drugs to kids, killed an entire family just for fun, and then we'll say that was the last thing before he headed off to his ultimate plan.

I don't believe I'll spend eternity with such people in heaven, but I am more than willing to go to jail for them on earth.

If we arrested everyone for hating someone the whole world would be in jail including a lot of gay people.

Also government officials murder people in this country, by cops and in other countries by military that we are forced to support or go to jail for not paying taxes.

The poor and the minorities also account for nearly all of the 50,000 people in county jails on an average day as pretrial detainees.

Sam Chandler, secretary of the Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals (ASWA) made comments following a new report that reveals 9 out of 10 people who are found guilty of animal cruelty don't end up in jail.

People who appeal for a change in religion are sent to counseling, fined, or jailed.

Not one person has gone to jail for the housing mess that was created and literally wiped out trillions of dollars of middle class equity in their homes.

If we took more of an interest in the making of our foreign policy, usually for the profit of our corporate overlords rather than for the safety of the American people, maybe we would know why, when bringing the lamp of liberty to the darker places of the earth, the United States invariably chooses for its allies the despots who operate their countries on the model of a prison or a jail.

(that have resulted in the law passed recently in the news regarding jailing of gays there and life imprisonment for persons who do not report gays)

Behind the walls of every prison and jail are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, friends and neighbors — all persons made in the divine image who, like the rest of us, have distorted that image and who long for love, reconciliation and purpose.

Iran has jailed people for practicing different faiths, that is unheard of in Israel.

In 1541, the Hessian Superintendents sent the following petition to the Landgrave Philip: «In view of the fact that there are current many complaints about parsons who scandalize people by their excessive drinking and other disgraceful vices and yet remain unpunished as well as unreformed, we suggest that the jail at the cloister of Spisskoppel be restored and that the parsons who persist in their vices be given the choice either to leave their parishes or to be confined in this jail for a period of time the length of which shall depend on the nature of their offense, in order that on water and bread they may undergo corrective punishmenIn 1541, the Hessian Superintendents sent the following petition to the Landgrave Philip: «In view of the fact that there are current many complaints about parsons who scandalize people by their excessive drinking and other disgraceful vices and yet remain unpunished as well as unreformed, we suggest that the jail at the cloister of Spisskoppel be restored and that the parsons who persist in their vices be given the choice either to leave their parishes or to be confined in this jail for a period of time the length of which shall depend on the nature of their offense, in order that on water and bread they may undergo corrective punishmenIn view of the fact that there are current many complaints about parsons who scandalize people by their excessive drinking and other disgraceful vices and yet remain unpunished as well as unreformed, we suggest that the jail at the cloister of Spisskoppel be restored and that the parsons who persist in their vices be given the choice either to leave their parishes or to be confined in this jail for a period of time the length of which shall depend on the nature of their offense, in order that on water and bread they may undergo corrective punishmenin their vices be given the choice either to leave their parishes or to be confined in this jail for a period of time the length of which shall depend on the nature of their offense, in order that on water and bread they may undergo corrective punishmenin this jail for a period of time the length of which shall depend on the nature of their offense, in order that on water and bread they may undergo corrective punishmenin order that on water and bread they may undergo corrective punishment.

However, while this seems like a promising development, it is debatable whether it has had much influence on what actually has been happening in the field as forests continue to be torn down and local people shunted to jail for protesting the taking of their land.

In the op - ed for USA Today, Moore pushed for fixing mandatory minimum sentences, focusing on treatment instead of incarceration for drug offenders and those suffering from mental illnesses, and better awareness of why people are jailed.

he is not in Ireland and is not a US citizen so that will definitely work against him.plus he sent 5 people to the hospital and could face at least 5 multi-million dollar lawsuits and 5 order of protections meaning he can in no way try to contact the 5 named or else violate his bond... his career is over and they will have his jail cell waiting for him...

It's for the people who say it's not right to have four people in the «prevention» jail when two of them are not politicians.

As for the argument that not using corporal punishment will lead to bad behavior, Vieth notes that people who are in jail or kids who are delinquent are likely to have been spanked just as much if not more than kids who are obedient or adults who are not breaking the law.

In Paris, around 60 people who were suspected of demonstrating for the rights of refugees are reported to have been called in by police and now face up to six months in jaiIn Paris, around 60 people who were suspected of demonstrating for the rights of refugees are reported to have been called in by police and now face up to six months in jaiin by police and now face up to six months in jaiin jail.

Indeed, nobody and not a single person of any high standing has gone to jail for corruption in Ghana for more than a decade.»

It is believed that these people went to jail under President Kufuor not because they committed worse crimes than others in the NDC government of Rawlings but because they were probably sacrificial lambs who had to pay for the sins of the Boss and his wife.

At 9:30 a.m., VOCAL - NY, the Corrections Accountability Project, JustLeadershipUSA and advocates urge lawmakers to end the practice of exploiting people incarcerated in city jails to generate revenue for the city budget, City Hall gates, Broadway side, Manhattan.

The government is refusing to admit defeat over its attempt to make people liable for jail sentences if they continue to be «annoying», after a major setback in the Lords last night.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon wants to legalize marijuana because she says it is time to stop putting black people and others of color in jail for something that is «effectively legal» for white New Yorkers.

We have to stop putting people of color in jail for something that white people do with impunity.

«However, any new site for a jail in this borough must be thoroughly vetted, and the people of the Bronx must have a meaningful say in the selection of any future site, be it the one that has been proposed in Mott Haven or other appropriate sites that could host a new jail,» he said.

Democratic candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon announced a platform in favor of legalizing recreational use on April 11, arguing that the state needs to «stop putting people of color in jail for something that white people do with impunity.»