The bill, which received Royal assent in March, includes new mandatory minimum sentences for various offences, the elimination of conditional sentences for some crimes, and harsher penalties for
violent young offenders.
While the kids in this movie likely won't ever find themselves in the Super Bowl, Gridiron Gang portrays the positive benefits of being on a team for a group of
violent young offenders.
«Starred Up» Synopsis:
A violent young offender is sent to the same prison as his father, a long - term inmate.
Not exact matches
Second, the researchers assumed that maltreatment of
young boys increases the risk that they will grow up exhibiting antisocial symptoms and being
violent offenders — that a social environment of victimization exerts a strong influence toward becoming a victimizer.
The speaker noted that under her tenure, the City Council has passed legislation significantly reducing the city's cooperation with immigration enforcement efforts except in the cases of
violent offenders, and that it has fully financed programs that offer universal representation to detained immigrants and unaccompanied minors and
young mothers with children placed in expedited removal proceedings.
«He worked to reverse wrongful convictions and helped develop programs to target the most dangerous
offenders in Brooklyn to drive down
violent crime, while still diverting low - level
offenders — particularly
young people — from the criminal justice system.»
Starred up refers to
young offenders whose conduct is so
violent that they're prematurely transferred from a juvenile institution to an adult one.
The movie's title refers to the act of transferring a
young offender from a juvenile detention center to an adult penitentiary prematurely, and in the case of 19 - year - old Eric Love (Jack O'Connell), he's been relocated two years early due to the frequency and severity of his
violent outbursts.
She presides over the Youth Part in New York County Supreme Court, where she hears cases of children charged with
violent felonies under the Juvenile
Offender law, and felony matters of those 18 years of age or
younger.