Tories vow to fight new sentencing guidelines
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has pledged a Judicial Review of the new sentencing guidelines if ministers fail to force a u-turn. He has hired a top legal counsel to challenge the decision.
Sentencing Council under fire for 'two-tier' rules
The Sentencing Council has come under fire for instructing judges to consider an individual's ethnicity, religion, and gender when deciding their sentence, sparking outrage and demands for a reversal.
Labour and Conservatives clash over equality under the law
Labour's Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has distanced herself from the new guidelines, denouncing them as not representative of her views or the government's. She has called for the rules to be scrapped and has written to the Sentencing Council expressing her displeasure.
New guidelines widen criteria for pre-sentence reports
The updated guidelines now require a pre-sentence report if the offender is from an ethnic, cultural, or faith minority community, or if they are transgender. This expansion of criteria has raised concerns about differential treatment in the criminal justice system.
Ministers call for law change to overrule independent body
The Tories are advocating for a change in the law to allow ministers to overrule the independent Sentencing Council. Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has emphasized the importance of equality under the law and vowed to fight against any bias in the criminal justice system.
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