Sentences with phrase «representing victims of crimes»

Groups representing victims of crimes appear to be the only ones really pleased with aspects of the legislation.

FELLOWSHIP DESCRIPTION: The Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps Fellow will advocate for and represent victims of crime in DC.

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The settlement was negotiated by the state, Lopez's attorney and Gloria Allred, a prominent Los Angeles attorney who is often representing high profile victims of sex crimes.

Jacqui Smith, the former home secretary, proposes that prison officers be rewarded for their ability to prevent reoffending, suggests victims should, within limits, be able to recommend the length and type of sentence, and proposes directly elected crime commissioners to represent part of a force area within police authorities, rather than a single crime commissioner for each police authority.

As a lawyer who represents families in inquests, death investigations and victims of crime, I understand the need for medical evidence.

It could be that the judge was previous an attorney who represented someone (defendant, victim, key witness) involved in the case, it could be that the judge was a family member or former employer of the defense attorney, it could be that someone close to the judge or the judge personally was a victim of another crime committed by the person, it could be that the defendant or the defendant's family was a personal or family friend.

All this represents the further consequences of crime, adding to the list of its victims.

Our Houma accident attorneys represent victims of sex crimes, medical malpractice and nursing home abuse and neglect, injuries caused by dangerous or hazardous conditions on property, and cases where an insurance company has acted in bad faith in the handling of your claim.

While I represent victims hurt by slip and fall hazards, malfunctioning elevators and escalators, animal attacks, window falls, and inadequately maintained residences, I also represent victims of serious injuries resulting from crimes that occur on commercial property.

Victims of Crime: We represent victims of assaults, homicides, robberies, financial fraud, and other crimes in civilVictims of Crime: We represent victims of assaults, homicides, robberies, financial fraud, and other crimes in civilvictims of assaults, homicides, robberies, financial fraud, and other crimes in civil cases.

In 2007, inspired by civil rights attorneys Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and Avon Williams, Jr., who used the law and courts as a vehicle to make change and protect all people against injustice, Attorney Zulu Ali opened the Law Offices of Zulu Ali with a focus on representing persons accused of crimes and seeking criminal justice, immigrants, victims of discrimination, and persons seeking civil justice.

The government, as you know, has consistently made victims of crime a priority, and this bill represents our most recent legislative proposal to ensure that offenders are held accountable to the victims who they have harmed.

The NPRM would have allowed covered entities to disclose protected health information about a victim of a crime, abuse or other harm to a law enforcement official, if the law enforcement official represented that: (i) The information was needed to determine whether a violation of law by a person other than the victim had occurred; and (ii) immediate law enforcement activity that depended on obtaining the information may have been necessary.

Comment: One commenter questioned under what circumstances proposed § 164.510 (k) would apply instead of proposed § 164.510 (f)(5), «Urgent Circumstances,» which permitted covered entities to disclose protected health information to law enforcement officials about individuals who are or are suspected to be victims of a crime, abuse, or other harm, if the law enforcement official represents that the information is needed to determine whether a violation of law by a person other than the victim has occurred and immediate law enforcement activity that depends upon obtaining such information may be necessary.