Sentence examples for dangerousness posed from inspiring English sources
"Stigma and discrimination is unfortunately still really damaging in England today and this kind of myth of the dangerousness posed by people, that you should be scared of anyone who has used mental health services, is really damaging".
Sue Baker, campaigner for mental health charity Mind, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Stigma and discrimination is unfortunately still really damaging in England today, and this kind of myth of the dangerousness posed by people – that you should be scared of anyone who has used mental health services – is really damaging".
The level of future dangerousness posed by defendants remains the primary determinant of decisions made by juries after the legislative reform.
All three were held without bail, pending what is called a dangerousness hearing, at which a judge would determine if they posed a threat to themselves and others and should therefore continue to be denied bail.
(Buck, an African-American, was sentenced to death after a psychologist testified that blacks are more likely to pose "future dangerousness" to the public).
Rants posed as questions?
Nevertheless, Peterson is a "Level 3" sex offender which, according to Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety, means "he has been determined to be at a high risk to reoffend and to pose a high degree of dangerousness to the public".
Because a finding of future dangerousness is a prerequisite for a death sentence in Texas, the prosecutor then argued in closing that the jury should rely on that race-based expert testimony to find that Mr. Buck would pose a future danger.
