#criminal-justice-system

#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".

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.

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.

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.

A barrister, who previously represented high-profile figures including former culture secretary Nadine Dorries, has admitted buying drugs from some of his clients.Henry Hendron, 42, was remanded in custody after pleading guilty to three counts of intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence and count of possessing Class A drugs at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday, the Metropolitan Police said.

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.

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.

Authors including Jessie Burton, Patrice Lawrence and Sita Brahmachari are part of an all-female shortlist for the Yoto Carnegie medal for writing.The prize awards outstanding achievement in children's writing and features seven authors.Burton, Lawrence and Brahmachari are all first-time shortlistees as is Manon Steffan Ros.

Court backlogs for rape and sexual offences have hit a record high, with the most desperate victims driven to suicide by devastating waits for justice.The logjam of cases in the crown courts surged to 7,859 sexual offence cases and 1,851 adult rape cases by September 2022, according to the latest Ministry of Justice data.

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.

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).

A laughing gas ban will not stop people using it and risks driving it into criminal hands, an expert has said.As part of a wider crack down on anti-social behaviour, ministers are looking to clamp down on the sale of nitrous oxide, despite an assessment by the independent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) concluding it would be disproportionate to bring in an outright ban.

The foreperson said people won't "be shocked" about "the big name that everyone keeps asking me about."Former President Donald Trump greets people as he arrives for a New Years event at his Mar-a-Lago home on December 31, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida.Joe Raedle / Getty Images The former foreperson of the Fulton County, Georgia, special grand jury that investigated attempts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election results has implied that former President Donald Trump will be indicted by District Attorney Fani Willis.