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Former judge and public servant Coral Shaw has been appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, recognising ...

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A new report is calling on the Ontario government to revisit a policy that prohibits the use of restorative justice as an alternative to criminal prosecution in cases involving sexual offences. The ...

There are currently a number of public and political discussions across the country regarding community safety and how the criminal justice system through its bail and sentencing processes addresses ...

This is a crisis as serious as any in Harvard’s 400-year history. The university is failing in its duty to make academic freedom real for all. Lara Jirmanus is an instructor in medicine at the Harvard ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to provide examples of "unusual judicial system obstacles" they have faced during criminal or civil ...

A "significant" step has been taken in establishing a national restorative justice programme for victims of the Post Office's Horizon IT scandal. Children of affected postmasters, as well as those ...