Sentences with phrase «society against the criminal»

It is an effective but rarely, if ever, a necessary means of defending society against the criminal.

Not exact matches

Wallis says that we should «take a strong stand against the criminal behavior of looting, all the way from the top to the bottom» of society.

You had 18 criminals use religion, in this case Islam, as a front to perform criminal acts against Western society.

The Pope says that society has a right to defend itself against criminals, but that in our time such self - defense hardly ever justifies executions.

Despite its innocuous title, the Statute Law represented an attempt by the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta to clamp down on the activities of civil society groups that had supported his prosecution at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

At the same time, we must ensure that the victims of crimes and the effect of criminal actions against society as a whole are also taken into consideration as we weigh changes to criminal justice policy.»

While LRA leader Joseph Kony is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, Ugandan civil society actors and peace activists were skeptical of the U.S. troop deployment to the country.

He further urged security agencies in the country to step up their intelligence activities so as to prevent activities of criminals and also unravel any crime committed against Nigerians by undesirable elements in the society.

Pre-2015 general election, and the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), in a petition to Madam Amie Bensouda, the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, put that pre-election butchery in grim perspective.

The Law Society said: «It is a fundamental aspect of the right to a fair trial that the defendant in a criminal trial is able to challenge the evidence adduced against them.

Tucked into the language about how under -18-year-olds should be treated differently than adults, is this: «we must ensure that the victims of crimes and the effect of criminal actions against society as a whole are also taken into consideration as we weight changes to criminal justice policy.»

Oregon expanded agencies» ability to petition for custody of seized animals, and Hawaii humane societies may now petition the court for custody of seized animals prior to filing criminal charges against the owner.

MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. — The Humane Society of the United States, the nation's largest animal protection organization, applauds District Attorney Branny Vickery for filing criminal animal cruelty charges against Virginia Thornton, owner of Thornton's Kennels.

Instead of fighting the charges directly, the company dissolved, pleaded «no contest,» and argued that no assets could be seized to make restitution to the Hawaiian Humane Society because, defense attorney Jason Burks contended, «In a criminal case against a corporation, the sentences are limited to probation, fines and restitution, and then the court can prohibit the corporation from owning animals.

The Humane Society of the United States encourages authorities to pursue the strongest possible criminal charges against the owner.

Charleston Animal Society Outraged: Man Convicted of Abandonment in Deaths of 9 Dogs Only Given a $ 500 Fine Charleston Animal Society Urges Animal Advocates to Come to a «Candlelight Protest Against Animal Cruelty Injustice» Saturday at 6 pm at Charleston Animal Society The criminal case involving the deaths of nine dogs that were left in a -LSB-...]

The failed motion is part of an increase in interlocutory suspension applications brought by the law society against lawyers facing disciplinary hearings, says criminal defence lawyer William Trudell.

The Law Society has launched a legal challenge against proposed cuts to fees paid to criminal defence lawyers.

In the view of the learned AG committing a crime «shows a total lack of desire to integrate into society» (para. 60), disqualifying the criminal from protection against expulsion (para. 49).

Instead of relying on the Canadian criminal justice system to punish serious offenders in accordance with the law, to rehabilitate offenders, and working to reintegrate them into society, the federal government will deport potentially dangerous individuals to countries where they could pursue further violence against Canada and others.

Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice attorneys are committed to protecting and advancing the civil rights and constitutional rights of the People against the government.

A judge has thrown out a claim against the Law Society of New Brunswick that a lawyer brought after the regulator suspended him before an appeal of his criminal conviction was heard.

See, for example, this ZDNet article from yesterday about a new report saying «European cybersecurity agency ENISA has come down firmly against backdoors and encryption restrictions, arguing they only help criminals and terrorists while harming industry and society.»

One of the cases presented to me at this moot was Kathryn Leah Smithen v. Law Society of Upper Canada, dealing with an applicant who «disclosed a criminal history of 38 or 39 convictions for fraud - related offences between 1979 and 1993, several outstanding civil judgments, two judgments entered against her in actions involving fraud, two terminations of employment for cause, and two declarations of bankruptcy.»

A crime drama currently streaming on Netflix, Mindhunter, introduces viewers to individuals whose transgressions against society put them into an entirely different and disturbing classification of criminal: serial killers.

In a recent judgment, Justice Lynne Smith of the British Columbia Supreme Court identified grounds upon which to reopen the question of the constitutionality of the criminal prohibition against physician - assisted dying, claiming, in effect, that while the Supreme Court had at the time of the Rodriguez been correct in stating that a blanket prohibition on physician - assisted dying would be rationally connected to the goal of protecting the most vulnerable people in Canadian society, such a prohibition is overbroad (you don't need to deny everyone the right to physician - assisted suicide in order to protect society's most vulnerable persons) and grossly disproportionate in its effects.

As our personal injury lawyers know, prosecutors (representing the government) will manage the criminal case against the drunken driver; their goals of landing a conviction and making sure that the drunk driver is punished appropriately are intended to protect society as a whole.

The Law Society of Ontario covered up and whitewashed hundreds of crimes by lawyers who committed criminal offences against their clients — according to the Toronto Star's Broken Trust investigation.

In either scenario, if a referral was made that a child was in need of protection as a result of physical violence against the child, and criminal charges resulted against a caregiver, the focus of the Society's work with the family often came to a halt.

«This is one of the most powerful books I've read, and shows just how badly the scales of justice are tipped against criminal defendants, especially particular segments of society.

When Sheryl Kiselbach and the Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society decided to challenge the Criminal Code provisions around prostitution, the chambers judge denied their application for public or private interest standing.

Such thinking may have been the reason why two recent statutory appeals against determinations of the SDT have proceeded on the basis of common ground between the parties that the applicable standard of proof was the criminal standard: see Afloabi v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2011] EWHC 2122 (Admin) and Law Society v Waddingham [2012] EWHC 1519 (Admin).

If the law relating to weapons is a proper way of protecting society against harm, what is wrong with using the criminal law in a way which aims to prevent the misery caused by irresponsible drivers who are involved in preventable crashes?

Perform investigation for civil and criminal cases against the society and assist in conducting court trails in lawful manner

With positive signs against corruption and inefficiency emerging in the early days of Ramaphosa's presidency, his SONA speech might sum it up best: «We are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity, that does not tolerate the plunder of public resources, nor the theft by corporate criminals of the hard - earned savings of ordinary people.»