The report, which has been shared with Attorney General David Eby and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, as well as the opposition critics, proposes overarching areas of
proposed justice system reforms categorized into 10 main areas of law and policy, including but not limited to: policing, access to justice, family law, corrections, human rights, mental illness and addiction, poverty and income inequality, and government compliance with outstanding legal protections.
Our Justice Reform for BC report, which has been shared with BC's Attorney General, Solicitor General, and opposition critics,
proposes justice system reforms categorized into 10 main areas of law and policy, including but not limited to policing, access to justice, family law, corrections, human rights, mental illness and addiction, poverty and income inequality, and government compliance with outstanding legal protections.
Not exact matches
Governor Cuomo is
proposing significant
reform of the State's juvenile
justice system and greater use of preventive services to generate better outcomes for children and family as well as significant savings.
Cuomo also outlined a plan to speed up the state's criminal
justice process, and
reform the bail
system, and he
proposed cashless tolling on the entire state Thruway, saying it's faster, and also more secure against potential terrorists.
The governor
proposed criminal
justice reforms that were cheered by advocates, who say the current
system discriminates against the poor and people of color, while also managing to double as an attack on his longtime frenemy, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo today
proposed sweeping changes in the state's criminal
justice system, calling his plan the most comprehensive set of
reforms in the nation.
Cuomo also outlined a plan to speed up the state's criminal
justice process and
reform the bail
system, and he
proposed cashless tolling on the entire state Thruway, saying it's faster and safer.
The governor also
proposed criminal
justice reforms such as overhauling the bail
system, speeding up trials, raising the age of criminal liability to 18 from 16 and recording police interrogations.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
proposed criminal
justice reforms were cheered Wednesday by advocates, who say the current
system discriminates against the poor and people of color.
Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito
proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on
justice reform and in direct conflict with the city's powerful correction officers» union, the court
system and the police department.
According to SERAP, «Rather than
proposing amnesty for suspected looters of our commonwealth, the House of Representatives under your leadership should be promoting laws that would lead to the comprehensive and radical
reform of the criminal
justice system to ensure that those accused of grand corruption are not allowed to profit from their alleged crimes.»
Citing the growing need to
reform various parts of our criminal
justice system and the Bronx Freedom Fund's success, City Council Speaker Mark - Viverito
proposed creating a $ 1.4 million city - wide bail fund during her first State of the City address.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to hold the attention of the people of New York and its lawmakers continued into its second week on Monday with two more detailed presentations on elements of his «Opportunity Agenda»:
reforms to the juvenile
justice system and the
proposed creation of a commission to decide on salary increases for lawmakers and top state officials.
He has
proposed intelligent
reforms in the juvenile -
justice system.
Another remarked that she appreciated the fact that the course didn't merely address the problem of injustice in our criminal
justice system; it also allowed students the opportunity to research and
propose reforms in such areas as afterschool youth programs and resources for transitioning incarcerated persons back into their communities.
The research report notes that the
proposed pilot project aligns well with the objectives and guiding principles of the
Reforming the Family
Justice System initiative presently exploring means of improving the family justice system in Alberta, and may be ideally suited for adoption and evaluation as a prototype by the init
Justice System initiative presently exploring means of improving the family justice system in Alberta, and may be ideally suited for adoption and evaluation as a prototype by the initi
System initiative presently exploring means of improving the family
justice system in Alberta, and may be ideally suited for adoption and evaluation as a prototype by the init
justice system in Alberta, and may be ideally suited for adoption and evaluation as a prototype by the initi
system in Alberta, and may be ideally suited for adoption and evaluation as a prototype by the initiative.
«Mediation will not be suitable for all cases however and it would be hoped that the
reforms to the family
justice system proposed by Mr Justice Ryder will be properly resourced and implemented by the government so that those cases that are dealt with by the courts will be subject to less delay than at present.
justice system proposed by Mr
Justice Ryder will be properly resourced and implemented by the government so that those cases that are dealt with by the courts will be subject to less delay than at present.
Justice Ryder will be properly resourced and implemented by the government so that those cases that are dealt with by the courts will be subject to less delay than at present.»
More recently further legal aid cuts have been
proposed by the Government: see «Transforming Legal Aid: Delivering a more credible and efficient
system» Ministry of
Justice, April 2013; «Transforming Legal Aid: Next Steps» Ministry of
Justice, September 2013; and «Judicial Review Proposals for Further
Reform» Ministry of
Justice, September 2013.
David Meier recently appeared on WBZ radio to discuss the BBA's report on
proposed reforms to the criminal
justice system.
The
proposed introduction of online courts in England and Wales (for civil, family, and tribunal disputes) represents one of the most significant
reforms to the
justice system in the past two centuries.
«I think the social lab prototyping methodology would be an excellent way of implementing
reform after the fundamental redesign of the
justice system has been conceptualized, because I really am
proposing a completely new way of doing family law.
The
proposed reforms to the civil
justice system in Scotland, through the Courts
Reform Bill, include the increased use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes including mediation, and for a range of issues, not just family cases.