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The ‘You be the Judge’ (YBTJ) website aims to show how judges and magistrates decide on the sentences they pass.
Information about the pre-sentence report pilot in 15 magistrates’ courts.
The Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill paves the way for the introduction of the Sentencing Code – a consolidation of sentencing procedure.
The power to refer high-risk prisoners to the Board, in place of automatic release, is set out in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
This guide provides information about being arrested in Turkey and what conditions are like in prison there.
A man has been sentenced for operating an illegal waste site and burning waste on the land, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
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.
An evaluation of a brief intervention to protect good decision-making in on-the-day sentencing proposals to courts: a randomised control trial.
Trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife and offensive weapon offences.
Leader of a criminal gang that distributed large quantities of cocaine and cannabis across Sussex has his sentence increased after referral to Court of Appeal.
Annual data for sentences examined under the unduly lenient sentence scheme
The number of sentences examined by the Attorney General in 2015 as unduly lenient, including the outcome and details of the cases
New Sentencing Code to help prevent unlawful sentences being handed out.
Judicial sentencing guidance.
Child sex offence cases saw the greatest number of prison sentence increases by the Court of Appeal last year the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has announced.
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