A new law to reverse “damaging” guidance on the sentencing of offenders from minorities will not be passed before Easter, despite the Government’s promise to rush it through Parliament. The guidance, ...
The Sentencing Council has rejected the Justice Secretary's demand to scrap new guidelines at the centre of a 'two-tier' row. In a letter to Shabana Mahmood, the chairman of the Sentencing Council ...
LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) - The Sentencing Council for England and Wales, which provides guidelines to judges on punishments, suspended on Monday plans that could have led to a reduced chance for ...
A controversial set of new sentencing guidelines for convicted criminals in England, one which critics say would lead to ethnic minorities and women getting more lenient sentences for crimes than ...
The UK government introduced new legislation which will require the Justice Secretary and the Lord or Lady Chief Justice to approve the Sentencing Council‘s proposed guidelines for courts. The bill, ...
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