Jail rates for under-14s among Europe’s highest – The Guardian

Posted September 22nd, 2008 in detention, news, sentencing, young offenders by sally

“More children aged between 10 and 14 are being locked up in England and Wales – increasingly for more minor offences – than in any western European country, the charity Barnardo’s warns today.”

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The Guardian, 22nd September 2008

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Gamekeeper who clubbed badgers to death spared jail – The Guardian

Posted September 22nd, 2008 in animal cruelty, game laws, news, sentencing, young offenders by sally

“A teenage gamekeeper who clubbed to death badgers and shot buzzards then recorded the illegal killings in a coded diary has been spared jail.”

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The Guardian, 20th September 2008

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Sex offenders to face lie tests – BBC News

Posted September 22nd, 2008 in lie detectors, news, sexual offences by sally

“Sex offenders in some parts of England and Wales could be made to take compulsory lie detector tests to see if they are still a danger to the public.”

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BBC News, 19th September 2008

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Police want law change to uphold pay decisions – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 22nd, 2008 in news, police, remuneration by sally

“Police want a change in the law to ensure the Government upholds future pay decisions of independent arbiters.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2008

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GMC revokes ban on shamed paediatrician – The Guardian

Posted September 22nd, 2008 in disciplinary procedures, doctors, news, professional conduct by sally

“The paediatrician who accused the husband of the late solicitor Sally Clark of murdering their two children is to be allowed to return to child protection work.”

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The Guardian, 22nd September 2008

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