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The principle that guilty pleas should be taken into account in sentencing is nothing new – Parliament has set this in law.
The purpose of reducing ...
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By Michael Caplan
With my position as the defence practitioner on the Sentencing Council due to end shortly, the Council is currently looking for someone to ...
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By Lauren Bowes, Senior Researcher
This month we began a targeted assessment of the impact and implementation of our theft and drugs guidelines, following the decision ...
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By Jill Gramann, Magistrate member of the Sentencing Council and Chair of the Kidderminster Bench from 2011 to 2013.
This article also appeared in Magistrate magazine. ...
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Judges and magistrates are sometimes criticised for giving a particular sentence, normally when it is thought to be too short or the wrong type of ...
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By Professor Paul Wiles
With my tenure as analysis and research advisor due to end shortly, the Sentencing Council is currently looking for someone to take ...
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by Victoria Obudulu, Senior Statistician Our approach to researching and analysing sentencing data will be changing from the end of March when we move from ...
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Recent trials for sex offences committed between the 1960s and 80s have raised many questions about how those convicted of historic offences are dealt with ...
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Reports about the sentencing of criminals sometimes refer to them as “walking free from court” if they are not sent to prison. This gives the ...