Sentences with phrase «risk imprisonment»

(With Marivaux, passion is intense, but not always deep: the princess's decision to assume a disguise, risk imprisonment and sacrifice her throne is inspired when she catches a glimpse of Agic skinny - dipping.)

Though since the Iranian Revolution the party is officially banned in Iran and individuals found to be affiliated with communist or socialist groups risk imprisonment, active members have remained and it continues to operate as an underground political organization there.

Would it become law for all parents to provide five fruit and vegetable portions per day, or risk imprisonment?

The law is the law, and Christianity didn't make that much of a difference in their life anyway, so why risk imprisonment for something that can just as easily be had through the Kiwanis Club or a Bowling League?

According to historian Penne L. Restad, «ministers who preached on the Nativity risked imprisonment.

«Risking imprisonment in Castel Sant» Angelo, I propose four non-negotiables of Christian faith catechesis — even if kids lack knowledge of the filioque, the symbols in the Book of Revelation, and the insights of Teilhard.

Not exact matches

So the smart narcos are preoccupied with what Peter Reuter and Mark Kleiman once referred to, in a classic essay on the drug business, as «the marginal imprisonment risk.»

Marty joined 17 other religious leaders and signed a statement pledging «to risk fine or imprisonment to assist young men who resist [ed] the draft on grounds of conscience» (December 13, 1967).

Suffice it to say that there are few quotidian moments in Gerard's account of a life and an apostolate lived for nearly twenty years against the background of the real risk of arrest, imprisonment, torture and horrible, but longed for, martyrdom.

The book of Revelation challenges Christians to oppose oppressive power and to accept the risk of imprisonment and death.

Mr. Fitzpatrick says that «we would not react patiently to a German who excused his reluctance to use force in 1942 to free concentration camp inmates if he argued that he was convinced at the time that he could do more good by working within the system to end Nazi control than by risking his own arrest and imprisonment in an armed strike to free a few dozen inmates scheduled for the gas chambers on a single morning.»

Others unable to travel will buy abortion medication online through sites such as Women on Web — however, if they do, they risk life imprisonment for «procuring (their) own miscarriage».

Dr Berger explains that despite seeking to ensure the safety of their patient and doing nothing more than following their own ethical code, these doctors risk facing up to two years imprisonment under the 2015 Border Force Act.

• In a long letter posted in this week's issue of Science, Enzo Boschi, one of the Italian scientists sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for (in his words) «failing to give adequate advance warning to the population of L'Aquila, a city in the Abruzzo region of Italy, about the risk of the 6 April 2009 earthquake that led to 309 deaths.»

While she complained, according to Education Week, that the school district should have granted her a leave of absence, a letter writer to the newspaper reminded the teacher of her history: «While civil disobedience and legal protest have long been used as ways of attracting attention to a cause, civil disobedience is unique because it has always carried with it the obvious risk of arrest and possible imprisonment.»

This chart illustrates the cumulative risk of imprisonment for parents — or the projected lifetime likelihood of having served time for a person born in a specific year — by the time their child turns fourteen, by child's race and their own educational attainment.

Anyone caught smoking where it is prohibited risks a year's imprisonment or fine of up to 100,000 batt (# 2,280).

In terms of criminal liabilities, while victims will obviously suffer financial and reputational theft and loss or risk of loss (as well as personal distress / harm), perpetrators will be liable for sentences of imprisonment or unlimited fines, together with compensation and confiscation orders.

The act defines a violent felony as: «any crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year... that — «(i) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another; or (ii) is burglary, arson, or extortion, involves use of explosives, or otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.»

This was almost exclusively due to the perceived risk of imprisonment of arbitrators against whom allegations of bias are made.

Whether charged in state or federal court, however, the defendant will be at risk of facing years of imprisonment and other harsh penalties - or possibly life in prison in certain circumstances.

Even if imprisonment does not permanently crush an imprisoned offender, it means loss of employment, temporary (if not permanent) loss of family, risk of harmful influences from other prisoners and few chances of future employment.

The risks run by a spouse determined to conceal his or her financial position are great: the consequences may be serious in terms of imprisonment, adverse inferences being drawn and adverse costs orders made.

Although a small number of provincial offences carry heavy fines or even the risk of imprisonment on conviction, most penalties are relatively minor.

The first and primary assumption was that refusal of the appellant's claim would involve his return to Baghdad, with an obvious risk of imprisonment and torture since the appellant was known to be someone politically opposed to the Iraqi state.

The second involves the tension between the legal profession's broadly accepted duty of civility and the criminal defence bar's passionately guarded duty of zealous advocacy, in which the risk of an accused's imprisonment trumps any genteel notions of civility.

Virtually any criminal offense, even a first time DUI or drug possession, may mean that a defendant will be at risk of facing imprisonment and other criminal penalties.

The human rights group says a structured sentencing framework would produce injustice, prevent optimum sentencing outcomes and could even result in an increase in rates of imprisonment: «These proposals go entirely against the prevailing trend of government criminal justice policy in recent years in relation to violent and sexual offences: that is, an emphasis on the individualised risk posed by the individual offender towards a member or members of the public.»

As Justice Green stated in McGill, at para. 31: ``... [T] here is a risk of injustice in relying on a sentencing model premised on judicially - created fixed ranges of imprisonment from which the sole reprieve is resort to an uncertain doctrine of exceptionality... The fairer and, in the end, more «principled approach» to the law of sentencing — as repeatedly mandated by the Supreme Court — is that of individualized proportionality.»

The imposition of a sentence of imprisonment for public protection was held to be wrong in principle, as the pre-sentence report did not identify factors which led to a conclusion that there was a significant risk of serious harm posed by the defendant.

Section 15 (1) substitutes a new para 6 of Pt 1 of Sch 1, BA 1976 and provides that if defendants are 18 years or over and it appears to the court that, having been released on bail in or in connection with the proceedings for an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, they failed to surrender to custody, they may not be granted bail unless the court is satisfied that there is no significant risk that, if released on bail, they would fail to surrender to custody.

This paragraph provides that if defendants are 18 years or over and it appears that they committed an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment while on bail in criminal proceedings, they may not be granted bail unless the court is satisfied that there is no significant risk of their committing an offence while on bail.

In order to pass a sentence of imprisonment for public protection, the judge has to be satisfied that there is a serious risk of the defendant causing serious harm by the commission of further offences.

But if you are going to subject accused individuals to the risk of imprisonment, you'd better be able to show that they had some intention to commit a «stunt» before you toss them in jail for so - called «stunt driving».

But it is also driven by the need to address poverty and disadvantage as an underlying cause of crime and imprisonment, and a need to focus on early intervention programs particularly for at - risk young people, as an extremely cost effective way to reduce crime.

In Russia, it is now illegal for same - sex couples to hold hands and doing so can lead to imprisonment and hefty fines.5 In Nigeria, same - sex couples holding hands can face up to 10 years in prison6 and in Uganda, similar displays of affection could lead to legal execution if a controversial bill is passed that allows «aggravated homosexuality» to be punished by death.7 Even without the risk of these extreme legal penalties, many same - sex couples avoid holding hands because they fear the potential repercussions from doing so in front of the wrong person at the wrong time.8 Such fears are not irrational.

The former, by detecting individuals with health issues that can put them at risk of imprisonment while in the community and working with them to treat those issues and prevent potential offending; and

expanding the capacity of ACCHOs and other services as required to establish and / or build on existing interdisciplinary mental health and social and emotional wellbeing teams that can work effectively with or coordinate health care for people at risk of imprisonment while in the community and work to divert them from potential contact with the criminal justice system;

a focus on health issues associated with increased risk of contact with the criminal justice system and imprisonment.

Exhaustive peer - reviewed research confirms that the absence of a father is the single most reliable predictor for a whole roster of negative outcomes: low self - esteem, parental alienation, high school dropout (71 % are fatherless), truancy, early sexual activity, promiscuity, teen pregnancy, gang membership, imprisonment (85 % of jailed youth are fatherless), drug abuse, homelessness (90 % of runaway children have an absent father), a 40 times higher risk of sexual abuse and 100 times higher risk of fatal abuse.

Girls without fathers are more likely to suffer low self - esteem, become pregnant or embrace promiscuity, while boys without fathers are at risk for a multiplicity of poor outcomes, notably school dropout, gang membership and imprisonment.

However, after controlling for number of parental convictions and other childhood risk factors, a significant relationship remained between number of parental imprisonments and sons» offending.

People require protection from violent behaviour and alternative structures for prevention and punishment of violent behaviour which provide more than imprisonment with all its risks and consequences.

Separation because of parental imprisonment predicted boys» internalizing problems from age 14 to 48, even after controlling for childhood risk factors including parental criminality.