Sentences with phrase «people in the justice»

People in the justice system are already under significant stress (emotional, psychological and financial).

Indigenous people in the justice system appear statistically to face unique challenges at every step of the process.

We should celebrate these accomplishments and send a signal both to lawyers and people in the justice system their that rights will be protected.

Whether or not people in the justice system, and society at large, can actually follow and respect the protections the law seeks to provide to sexual assault complainants is another matter.

In other words, most people in the Justice system, from lawyers, to law societies, to judges, to academics, and even the public at large — view «justice» from a paradigm of «what has been» as opposed to «what could be.»

Implement Truth and Reconciliation Commission principles for Indigenous Persons in the justice system

«All the people in the justice system have a voice,» she says, noting it's important to ensure everyone participates in coming up with solutions to the access to justice issue.

Parker argues that over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the justice system is a national crisis, requiring urgent leadership from all governments that is informed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples» expertise.

Doing so will undoubtedly reduce the current over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the justice system.

What there to reduce the ever - growing Indigenous incarceration and over-representation of Indigenous people in the justice system?

Examines the drivers of over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in the justice system, including:

Set targets to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the justice system and to reduce violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; and

ACOSS endorses the calls for action by the Northern Territory Council of Social Service for immediate action that must occur in the Northern Territory, the call for a Royal Commission, and the call by the Change the Record campaign for Federal leadership to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the justice system and end abuse and mistreatment of young people, including by taking immediate steps to:

The project is place - based and aims to achieve service reform to improve outcomes for Aboriginal men, women and young people in the justice system, in partnership with their families, Elders and communities.

Law and Justice: Decreasing negative involvement of Indigenous people in Justice Systems, via establishing a Territory Justice Forum to develop, implement and direct an Indigenous Justice Agreement, culturally appropriate legal services that are recognised as having a specialist role and information resourced by the Indigenous community and community initiatives that provide an Indigenous perspective representing the community.

For negotiations by the Government with Aboriginal communities regarding the administration and resourcing of community justice mechanisms and the effective participation of Aboriginal people in justice mechanisms.

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And I'd been guilty of perpetuating this sort of prejudice by perpetuating stereotypes of psychics as shifty, exotic people or as being unreal, unable to be found as mothers or neighbors or activists like Emily, who's active in social justice - based causes, particularly the fight for transgender equal rights.

In April 2014, the Justice Department announced a new clemency initiative to prioritize applications from people who would have been gotten much shorter sentences if they were convicted today, among other criteria.

The 18 - year - old is facing the criticism with composure and grace, and she's been a model for how well - meaning people who get caught in the crosshairs of social - justice absurdity should comport themselves.

A person close to the government's side told Reuters that the Justice Department does not intend to press the argument that it could seize the company's code, and someone on Apple's side said the company isn't worried enough to counter the veiled threat in its brief due Tuesday.

The battle between Apple and the U.S Justice Department has been raging since the government in February obtained a court order demanding that Apple write new software to help law enforcement officials unlock an iPhone associated with one of the shooters in the December attack in San Bernardino, California that killed 14 people.

But citing people with knowledge of the probe, Bloomberg reports that Wells Fargo (wfc) is being accused of seizing cars without first receiving the proper documents, resulting in an investigation by the Department of Justice and bank regulators

In a recent interview with People, the three - time gold medalist said that she is prioritizing this crusade for justice over her potential eligibility for the 2020 Olympics.

Wong, who was previously worked on investment and trade in jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's party, the People's Justice Party, thinks consumer loan defaults may begin to show an increase in about six months.

On social media, readers expressed intense loathing («I hate these people so much,») threats of physical violence («Dear god, I want to punch them in the face,») and a longing for karmic justice («I've never wanted the entire real estate market to completely collapse until now»).

The Supreme Court allowed parts of Trump's ban to go into effect until it ultimately decides the case in October, but the justices said the ban does not apply to non-citizens who have formal relationships with people or entities in the U.S..

The American people's trust in our criminal justice system is in Rosenstein's hands.

«That's hardly the type of justice the American people deserve given the sheer magnitude of misconduct at issue, and I accordingly dissent in part.»

If copies of the book start to appear in the Justice Department and on law school syllabi, Eisinger could spark important debate about why — at a time when so many people struggle to obtain basic procedural rights in the criminal justice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade itsJustice Department and on law school syllabi, Eisinger could spark important debate about why — at a time when so many people struggle to obtain basic procedural rights in the criminal justice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade itsjustice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade its grasp.

The justices said in a 6 - 3 ruling that the subsidies that 8.7 million people currently receive to make insurance affordable do not depend on where they live, under the 2010 health care law.

The law would provide justice to some of the most vulnerable people in our nation: young people who do not have homes and do not have the strong family support needed to keep them free from people who would exploit them.

It's that millennials and African - Americans and a lot of social justice - oriented white people and a lot of white people who are working class really were progressive and they really were open to a message that was things like «no death penalty,» «put the money back in schools,» «mass incarceration,» and «stop taking people's property unjustifiably.»

He went on to use the specifics of Mill's case to paint a picture of injustice in the criminal justice system at large, including how black people are disproportionately imprisoned for probation or parole violations.

And don't get me wrong, we got a lot of white liberal votes, but they tended to be people who were involved in social justice.

The Justice Department offered a $ 17 billion settlement in the previous round of discussions and felt the bank's proposal was not serious, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Between 2011 and 2016, Acapulco had homicide rates above 100 per 100,000 people five times and had the highest rate in the country five times as well, according to the Justice in Mexico project.

The university also maintains a social justice and community service centre, from which students are currently working with disadvantaged people in East Timor and the east Kimberley.

The debut of «Star Wars: The Last Jedi» and «Thor: Ragnorak,» «Justice League,» «Blade Runner 2049» and «Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle» helped bring people to the theatres in the last quarter.

Justice Anthony Kennedy was the deciding vote in throwing out A) a requirement that police try to determine the immigration status of people they stop under suspicion of even minor crimes; B) a law that made it a crime for an illegal immigrant to seek employment; and C) a law that let police arrest a person without a warrant if they believed the person may have committed a crime that could lead to deportation.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made no secret of his contempt for marijuana use, and his Department of Justice is on the verge of releasing a report that many in the burgeoning legal cannabis industry fear will propose prosecuting people engaging in marijuana sales — even if they are in states that have legalized the drug locally.

«Legal marijuana has become so entrenched in the U.S. — it's a multibillion - dollar industry — and I don't see the people who are behind this, people like myself, rolling over for the Justice Department, which means Congress will have to act,» Morse said.

Senate Democrats tracked down a career Justice Department employee named J. Gerald Hebert, who testified, albeit reluctantly, that in a conversation between the two men Sessions had labelled the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) «un-American» and «Communist - inspired.»

The phrase «social justice warrior» has become a pejorative, much as «PC culture» was mocked in the»90s — as if over-earnest young people are the worst thing.

Sen. Jeff Brandes hopes his «basket» of proposals will usher in a new approach to criminal justice in Florida that increases accountability, uses taxpayer money more efficiently and keeps people out of prison

The Department of Justice indicted two Russian intelligence officers and two other people, in connection with a conspiracy to hack into Yahoo's networks.

The Justice Department on Friday handed down indictments to 13 Russian people and three Russian companies for meddling in United States political and election processes, the latest item in a litany of evidence that Russia, well, did it.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- The U.S. Justice Department is probing allegations that Anheuser - Busch InBev (ABI.BR) is seeking to curb competition in the beer market by buying distributors, making it harder for fast - growing craft brewers to get their products on store shelves, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Even though algorithms decide so much of a citizen's life — what ads a person sees, what political messages they hear, what kinds of loans they can get, how they fair in the criminal justice system — these things are all under the sway of algorithms, and most consumers don't feel empowered to push back because they don't know the math.

The Financial Times first reported the Justice Department told AT&T and Time Warner to sell CNN, Time Warner's cable news network, as a condition in order for the acquisition to go through, according to three people with knowledge of the negotiations.

«They are just using this as an excuse to round up people indiscriminately in the hope they can then convince Vietnam to take them back,» said Laboni Hoq, litigation director for Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Los Angeles.