Sentence examples for victims acts from inspiring English sources

Commentators who defend the conciliatory power of material reparations frequently interpret such payments as acknowledgements of responsibility, expressions of respect for the moral status of the victims, acts of remorse or caring, evidence of increased trustworthiness or a recommitment to the norms of justice (Thompson 2002, Brooks 2004, Gray 2010, Walker 2010).

The jury in the first case heard "how these defendants tortured their victims, acts of almost inconceivable cruelty and depravity described firsthand by the lone survivor," Scalia said.

The Elder Abuse Victims Act would create a new office at the Justice Department to respond.

There are, however, problems with the current Child Victims Act pending before the Legislature.

For years, Margaret Markey, a former Queens assemblywoman, pushed for the Child Victims Act, which recently passed.

Their continued suffering and the prevention of future abuses are the strongest arguments for passage of the Child Victims Act.

New York passed the long-stalled Child Victims Act, allowing victims to revive old claims and extending the statute of limitations for future ones.

The effect of liability rules on accident avoidance is studied in two types of situations in which potential victims and potential injurers act sequentially: those where victims act first and injurers second; and those where the reverse is true.

The Child Victims Act must be amended to be all-inclusive before it is considered by the Senate and the Assembly.

Under the new Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act, if a person fails to intervene to protect a family member they too can face justice.

This must be true, because time and time again we see victims act in ways that seem obsessive and masochistic to those on the outside looking in.