Sentence examples for turnstile jumping from inspiring English sources
They say the sampling should be done only in the most serious crimes, as opposed to cases like civil disobedience and subway turnstile jumping.
Mr. Findley, 31, who lives in the East Village, has been arrested at least 16 times in the last four years, on charges including burglary, trespassing at the Plaza Hotel, sleeping in a park and turnstile jumping.
While watching a line of people passing through courthouse magnetometers, Mr. Hirsch catalogued the charges of the defendants he has documented: turnstile jumping, trespassing, shoplifting and assault are some.
The home, Stephen's House at the New York Foundling, was part of the Administration for Children's Services Close to Home program, which gives juveniles from New York City arrested on acts of delinquency — ranging from turnstile jumping to robbery — an opportunity to serve their sentences in rehabilitative facilities closer to their families, instead of upstate.
It's especially wasteful considering the offenses that trigger mandatory detention are often very old and overwhelmingly minor and nonviolent, such as misdemeanor drug possession, shoplifting, or turnstile jumping.
Among the many "broken windows" cases we get at The Bronx Defenders, I've always found arrests for turnstile jumping particularly outrageous and counterproductive.
As for "conditions and restrictions," the transit agency says that this language covers the turnstile-jumping ban and the requirement that riders with card problems should go to a booth clerk.
The offense: a subway turnstile jump.
Even for legitimate turnstile jump cases, the consequences far outweigh the offense.
The New York strategy, fostered by Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, was more aggressive, going after small quality-of-life crimes like panhandling and subway-turnstile jumping and holding police commanders responsible for reducing crime in their precincts.
So the NYPD changed direction fundamentally: It actively made arrests for seemingly small offenses, such as subway-turnstile jumping.
