What should combating racial sentencing disparities look like?
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Sentencing Council’s new guidelines are corrosive and unfair
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Who gets parole? Investigation reveals stark racial differences in past sentencing of robbery murder cases
In one of the cases, a white man was convicted of brutally murdering a Latino man. One witness for the prosecution testified ...
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Despite Public Outcry, Legal Guidelines Suggesting Harsher Jail Sentences for White Criminals Set To Take Effect in Britain
The Sentencing Council may, however, cave to the pressure and suspend the guidelines after previously refusing to do so.
Emergency sentencing law will not pass before Easter
An emergency law to override new rules about how to sentence offenders from ethnic minorities will not be passed before ...
Return to Advocacy: How This Former Judge Helped Ex-Convict Clinch a Pardon
When you do this, it’s the most incredible thing, as a lawyer, to see the person that you represented, that you believed in, ...
What action could the justice secretary take against the Sentencing Council?
The government is set for a showdown with the judiciary this week over controversial sentencing guidelines due to come into ...
'Two-tier justice' row: Government plans to change law to overrule Sentencing Council
The Sentencing Council changed guidance to judges and magistrates to advise they get a pre-sentence report for criminals from an ethnic, cultural or faith minority.