“Prison sentences of less than a year should be abolished because they do not work, prison governors will hear at their annual conference later.”
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BBC News, 6th October 2009
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“A Judge is being investigated after he freed a child rapist who kidnapped and assaulted a five-year-old just eight days later.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2009
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“A man who killed his girlfriend’s two-year-old son after weeks of systematic violence has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 2nd October 2009
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“A man and a teenager have been jailed for life for murdering a father-of-five as he walked home from a shop in Staffordshire.”
BBC News, 2nd October 2009
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“A Championship footballer who killed a father of five in a crash on Christmas Day was starting a 32-month jail sentence today.”
The Independent, 2nd October 2009
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“A killer who stabbed a young father in the heart as he was on his way to see his newborn son was jailed for life at the Old Bailey today.”
The Guardian, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Wiltshire man who bludgeoned his landlady to death then threw her body into the River Avon has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
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“Three pensioners involved in a £5m cannabis smuggling operation have been jailed.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
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“A rapist who attacked two women in Sheffield in the mid-1980s has been jailed for 17 years.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
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“A former Wales Commonwealth Games boxer has been jailed for six years for a robbery at knife point at a petrol station.”
BBC News, 28th September 2009
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“A mother who locked her toddler son in a room for six weeks has walked free after her nine month jail sentence was quashed appeal court judges.”
BBC News, 30th September 2009
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“A science teacher from Greater Manchester who pretended to be a teenage girl on the internet to groom a 13-year-old for sex has been jailed.”
BBC News, 30th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A British playboy who led a millionaire’s lifestyle in Florida was sentenced to life in prison today for murdering a man who stood in the way of a property deal.”
The Tines, 30th September 2009
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“A convicted rapist who strangled a pensioner while on the run from a secure hospital has been jailed for at least 27 years.”
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BBC News, 25th September 2009
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“The sister of a man who died after being punched by a 15-year-old boy in South Yorkshire has attacked the two-year sentence given to the teenager.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2009
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“A man who stabbed a stranger to death in Manchester after hearing voices in his head has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 21st September 2009
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“A private school teacher who admitted having an unlawful relationship with a 15-year-old pupil has been jailed for 15 months at Southwark Crown Court.”
BBC News, 21st September 2009
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“A bigamist has escaped jail after the wife he tricked into marriage appealed to a judge to be lenient, saying she had ‘entirely forgiven’ him.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A company boss was jailed for four years today after trying to buy his second wife happiness with more than £500,000 plundered from global accountancy company KPMG.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2009
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“The British leader of the plot to bomb seven transatlantic planes is facing the prospect of dying in jail after a judge said today he was likely to remain a dangerous and motivated terrorist for the rest of his life.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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