Sentences with phrase «work on criminal justice issues»

My colleague Tim Lynch, who directs Cato's work on criminal justice issues, moderated.

Not exact matches

«The speaker laid out a comprehensive agenda this week on issues like education, reproductive rights and criminal justice reform, so we have a lot of work to do here in Albany and that is what we will be focusing on,» said Michael Whyland, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D - Bronx.

Also on Tuesday, Police Commissioner James O'Neill said the NYPD will form a 30 - day working group to address marijuana - related issues, which will consult several experts, including the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, advocacy organizations, those involved in academics, and attorneys.

«After many years of working on this issue, I am deeply gratified to see the State Legislature finally correct this vague statute that's been arbitrarily applied, unnecessarily sending thousands of New Yorkers through the criminal justice system,» said Assemblyman Dan Quart.

«Brian Kavanagh has worked hard in the Assembly on issues of critical importance to Brooklyn — affordable housing, reforming our criminal justice system, creating an equitable transportation system and combatting the effects of climate change.

Mr. Jeffries, meanwhile, made a name for himself in Albany with his work on criminal justice and good government issues, and has been backed by most of the political leadership in the district.

«For years, Senate Republicans have been one of the main obstacles to progress on some of the issues working families care most about, like fair elections, the DREAM Act, reforming our broken criminal justice system, and fighting climate change,» the email states.

NIJ has social scientists working alongside physical scientists to work on a wide range of criminal justice issues, including understanding the causes of crime, crime prevention, forensic sciences, law enforcement practices and adjudication.

That many in the school reform movement have either been reluctant or outright hostile about working with Black Lives Matter and criminal justice reform activists on addressing issues that are tied to schools (including overuse of harsh school discipline and the penchant of traditional districts to refer children to juvenile courts), has also made it easy for NEA and AFT to win over some activists.

But a more accurate title might be a «national civil law lesson,» since less than 2 % of the questioning was focused on criminal justice issues that occupy 50 % of the work of the Supreme Court.

Her clinical expertise is focused on working with issues related to Trauma and Abuse, working with families and working with youth who are involved in the criminal justice system and mental health system.

I am pleased to see that some folks over at The Volokh Conspiracy are exploring the Miers» nomination through the lens of criminal justice issues: Orin Kerr speculates here on how Miers might handle death penalty cases, and Juan Non-Volokh notes here how much of the High Court's constitutional work is in the arena of criminal procedure.

Senator Leahy has worked diligently on reentry issues, from passing into law a provision requiring the National Institute of Justice to study collateral consequences of criminal convictions federally and in every state, to the creation of the National Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Conviction.

My next step in the following weeks will be to begin work on organizing a forum on the issue to be held at Emory University School of Law, to which I will invite by publication invitation members of the statewide judiciary and criminal justice system, as well as representatives of low income minority churches and groups, and the general public.