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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
Trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife and offensive weapon offences.
Annual data for sentences examined under the unduly lenient sentence scheme
The Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review undertaken by independent reviewer Clare Wade KC and the government response.
This guide provides information about being arrested in Turkey and what conditions are like in prison there.
An evaluation of a brief intervention to protect good decision-making in on-the-day sentencing proposals to courts: a randomised control trial.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Stout on 2 May 2024.
The number of sentences examined by the Attorney General in 2015 as unduly lenient, including the outcome and details of the cases
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.
The Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill paves the way for the introduction of the Sentencing Code – a consolidation of sentencing procedure.
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.
The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years old. Children are treated differently from adults, are dealt with by youth courts and sent to special secure centres for young people.
Use this form to ask for a free written record (known as a transcript) of a judge's sentencing remarks in a Crown Court homicide or serious sexual offence case.
Judicial sentencing guidance.
A man has been sentenced for operating an illegal waste site and burning waste on the land, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
New Sentencing Code to help prevent unlawful sentences being handed out.
The Court of Appeal has increased the sentence of a dangerous sexual predator after it was referred under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
Two pharmacists who sold ‘industrial’ quantities of Class C controlled drugs were yesterday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment each, suspended for 24 months, at Southwark Crown Court following an investigation by the Criminal Enforcement Unit of the Medicines and Healthcare...
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