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Guidance for prison and probation staff on working with offenders to create a plan of activities aimed at reducing the risks of reoffending.
This guide provides information about being arrested in Turkey and what conditions are like in prison there.
Annual data for sentences examined under the unduly lenient sentence scheme
Use this form to give notice and grounds for appeal, or apply for permission to appeal, against a sentence.
The Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill paves the way for the introduction of the Sentencing Code – a consolidation of sentencing procedure.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Jones on 8 January 2024.
The Sentence Review Commissioners' annual report for 2022/2023 has been laid before Parliament
Recent sentences examined by the Attorney General’s Office under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme
Trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife and offensive weapon offences.
This guide provides information about being arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and what conditions are like in prison there.
Guidance for members of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel and government drafters on the Sentencing Code.
The number of sentences examined by the Attorney General in 2013 as unduly lenient, including the outcome and details of the cases
Secretary of State guidance for pre-sentence restorative justice
The number of sentences examined by the Attorney General each year as unduly lenient, including the outcome and details of the cases.
Guidance on the creation and coming into force of the Sentencing Code.
A violent attacker who brutally assaulted a woman before locking her in her home and setting fire to the carpet has had his sentence increased.
The number of sentences examined by the Attorney General in 2014 as unduly lenient, including the outcome and details of the cases
The number of sentences examined by the Attorney General in 2011 as unduly lenient, including the outcome and details of the cases.
Valdo Calocane's sentence has been referred to the Court of Appeal as being unduly lenient, confirms the Attorney General.
A man who killed a father and son had his sentence 's minimum term increased by five years after it was referred to the Court of Appeal.
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