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Thousands of rehabilitated ex-prisoners serving long-since abolished indefinite sentences will become eligible to have their licence period terminated earlier as part of new reforms.
Information relating to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act which received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.
Information about the pre-sentence report pilot in 15 magistrates’ courts.
Cowardly domestic abusers will continue to face time behind bars under legislation laid in Parliament today which will also see the most horrific murderers face life behind bars and rapists locked up for longer.
This guide provides information about being arrested in Germany and what conditions are like in prison there.
The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
The Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill paves the way for the introduction of the Sentencing Code – a consolidation of sentencing procedure.
Annual data for sentences examined under the unduly lenient sentence scheme
A table of rehabilitation periods for the most common sentences and disposals applied to checks processed until 27 October 2023, and example scenarios.
New Sentencing Code to help prevent unlawful sentences being handed out.
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.
Guidance on the creation and coming into force of the Sentencing Code.
A violent thug who murdered a man and raped two women as part of a ferocious four-day crime spree has had his sentence increased after it was referred to the Court of Appeal.
Tougher sentences for cowardly killers delivered a year on from Wade Review.
Use this form to give notice and grounds for appeal, or apply for permission to appeal, against a sentence.
Guidance for members of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel and government drafters on the Sentencing Code.
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