#criminal-justice-system

#criminal-justice-system

Nearly 70% of rape survivors dropped out of the justice system in the fourth quarter of last year, according to official government data.Amid court delays, low police conviction rates and fears over the trauma of reliving the crime in court, 69.2% of those subjected to a serious sexual assault withdrew from investigations.

Now that Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston has been memorialized and laid to rest, we should reexamine the circumstances that contributed to her tragic loss.Chicago's public safety strategies remain mired in the very practices and performance record that have bedeviled our streets since before COVID-19 changed so many other things.

Maryland Rep. David Trone, who's poured millions of his own money into his congressional campaigns, is announcing his Senate candidacy on Thursday, accelerating what will likely be a competitive Democratic primary for the seat of retiring Sen. Ben Cardin.His announcement video opens with a ticking clock and Trone rattling off statistics about deaths from overdoses and mental illness and racial inequity in the criminal justice system.

Speaking in the Commons, Ms Eshalomi said: "As I held her mother, trying to console her, she asked me why her family have to wait for over a year."The family has previously described Ms Dogbey as a "smart, dedicated and loving" woman who "hasn't got one bad bone in her body".

Supporters argue a treatment plan developed through CARE Court will be less restrictive than alternatives, such as state hospitalization or conservatorship.To qualify, an individual must be 18 years or older, diagnosed with schizophrenia or another psychotic disorder, deemed likely to benefit from a supervised treatment plan and found to be at risk of harming themselves or others.

Mental health patients in Wales are being left behind, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has claimed as it called for more money to be invested in the sector.The union said a lack of financial investment in inpatient services combined with ongoing stigma around severe mental ill health has contributed to inequalities within mental health provision.

The Circuit Court of Cook County is committed to the administration of justice for all citizens.In all criminal cases, the court is committed to providing fairness for defendants and victims, while at the same time protecting the public.Critics correctly note that our state and federal constitutions provide each defendant the right to a speedy trial and that, with certain limited exceptions, Illinois law requires that defendants in custody be given a trial within 120 days of being taken into custody and defendants not in custody receive a trial within 160 days of demanding one.

WARNING: This story contains distressing details.The lawyer for the families of two of Paul Bernardo's victims says they were given no warning or explanation about a recent prison transfer that saw the Ontario serial rapist and murderer moved from a maximum security facility to a medium security prison, a move they oppose.

The pilot aims to identify those with ADHD entering the criminal justice system at an early stage so they can be swiftly referred for diagnosis, medicated where needed and better supported.The force claims to be the first in the UK to screen detainees for ADHD, a condition that includes symptoms such as being restless, having trouble concentrating acting without thinking and a short attention span.

A former Crown Prosecution Service worker has been jailed after she downloaded and passed on highly sensitive files that ended up in the hands of criminal gangs.Paralegal Rachel Simpson, 39, from Newport, South Wales, had worked for the CPS since 2003 and is known to have started illegally accessing material from around 2016 until 2020.

Tuesday, June 13, 2023 by Jo Clifton
City Council last week endorsed adding funds to the budget of the Downtown Austin Community Court and expanding the area served by the court.The court concentrates on providing justice diversion and community services to the city's homeless population.It currently adjudicates a variety of class C misdemeanors committed in three areas: downtown, the area west of the University of Texas campus and parts of East Austin.

The UK state contributed to the death of a teenager who took her own life after being groomed by a far-right extremist and later arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences, an inquest has heard.Rhianan Rudd was found dead in a children's home aged 16 on May 19 2022, around 18 months after she was detained for downloading a bomb-making manual online and accused of plotting a terrorist attack.

In January, a 12-year-old girl was locked into a seclusion room in a hospital in Staffordshire.The room contained a platform with a mattress on it, a moulded basin and toilet, and nothing else.For almost 24 hours a day, her only human contact was through a hatch in the door.She was held in that room just short of eight weeks.

Encouraging abuse victims to come forward without a specialist support system in place is "totally irresponsible", campaigners have said.Their open letter, with 150 signatories including Rape Crisis and Refuge, calls for fully-funded support to be included in the upcoming Victims Bill.It was written by a woman whose friend helped convict their abusive running coach but then took her own life.

Lizzy Caplan as Alex Forrest and Joshua Jackson as Dan Gallagher in Fatal Attraction.Monty Brinton/Paramount Fatal Attraction, Adrian Lyne's 1987 blockbuster that spawned an untold number of pre-Internet memes and feminist theory academic papers, ostensibly concludes with the hetero nuclear family restored to its "natural" state: The manic, very unwell homewrecker Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) has been shot dead out of self-defense by Beth (Anne Archer), the wronged wife of Alex's one-time fling Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas).

The Government is waiting to discover if it has hit its manifesto pledge to hire 20,000 police officers in England and Wales.The Home Office said it remains confident the target to hire the new recruits by the end of March will be reached but is waiting to receive final data, which is due to be published next month.

Three New York City police detectives were charged on Monday in the theft of nearly $3,000 worth of Champagne from a V.I.P. area at a popular electronic dance music festival where they had been assigned to stop drug-related activity.Two of the three, Jonathan Gonzalez and Wojciech Czech, are accused of stealing pricey bottles of Ace of Spades Champagne at the Electric Zoo festival on Randall's Island last fall, according to court documents.

May 11, 2023 - How is the human lifespan being shortened by epidemics such as COVID-19 and the opioid crisis, and what kind of health policies can help mitigate the problem?These were the main questions addressed at the 7 th Cutter Symposium, held on May 5 at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The BBC has announced increased support for people in real financial difficulty to pay for the TV licence fee.The support plan aims to reduce the number of women who are prosecuted for licence fee evasion following the BBC's gender disparity review which was set up to understand why 75% of those prosecuted are women.

A child murderer will be sentenced on television for the first time in England and Wales following a successful legal challenge by the media.Marques Walker, 17, can now be identified as the killer of Jermaine Cools, who at the age of 14 was the youngest victim of fatal knife crime in 2021.Jermaine was stabbed as he lay defenceless on the ground outside a chicken shop in Croydon, south London, on November 18 2021.

Ben Wallace has defended the military justice system's ability to tackle rape and sex offences as figures revealed a dramatic increase in the number of cases being investigated.Some 333 Sexual Offences Act investigations were launched by the service police in 2022, up 108 from the previous year, an almost 50% increase.

The cab rank rule expresses a beautiful idea: that access to the law society's great leveller is for everyone, whoever they are and whatever they are said to have done.The rule remembers that for a lawyer to say I will not act appropriates a role the system gives to judges or juries.And it recognises that if lawyers are tainted by association, the criminal justice system is jeopardised.