“A group of witches is claiming religious discrimination after church leaders banned them from using its social club.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The UK’s terror law watchdog says people are being stopped and searched to racially balance official figures.”
BBC News, 17th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men have lost a High Court fight against extradition to Cyprus where they face three-year jail sentences for the manslaughter of a teenager.”
BBC News, 17th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An estimated 1,000 children are imprisoned on remand every year but later found innocent at trial, despite guidance which states that children should only be jailed in exceptional circumstances.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“No further action will be taken against a policeman who was unmasked after targeting the force and Government ministers in an anonymous online blog, police said today.”
The Independent, 17th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“This is the sixth research report published by the Sentencing Advisory Panel. It contains the findings from independent research which aimed to get a better understanding of public attitudes to the overarching principles of sentencing. The research comprised a survey of a representative sample of 1,023 adults across England and Wales and 8 focus groups.”
Public Attitudes to the Principles of Sentencing (PDF)
Press Notice (PDF)
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 16th June 2009
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
“The foreign secretary, David Miliband, told MPs today that he will not allow the public to see the secret interrogation policy that is at the heart of allegations that MI5 has been colluding in the torture of British citizens.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first Britons to be convicted of inciting racial hatred online are to arrive back in the UK.”
BBC News, 16th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Knife murderers could face prison terms of 30 years after the justice secretary, Jack Straw, today announced a review of sentencing policy.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A pregnant woman who was awarded £300 in compensation after a woman abused her at a doctor’s surgery was told to go and collect it herself as part of the Government’s restorative justice system.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police have been forced to apologise to a family and change domestic abuse policies after the murder of a 75-year-old woman.”
BBC News, 16th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A formerly defunct radical Islamist sect led by the banned preacher Omar Bakri Muhammad has appointed a new British leader and will re-form publicly this week for the first time in five years.”
The Independent, 17th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A group of judges has launched an unprecedented public attack on MPs over their ‘disproportionately large’ expenses.”
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Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Government believes it can reduce unlawful file-sharing by 70% to 80% by forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to tell users that their copyright infringement has been noted and making evidence of infringement available to the courts.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th June 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
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“Why are we asking this now?
In the past few days, the issue of sentencing has come to the fore in three high-profile cases, culminating in an announcement yesterday by the Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, that the sentences handed down to Baby P’s killers were not unduly lenient and therefore she would not be referring the case to Court of Appeal.”
The Independent, 17th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Home Office’s revised proposals to monitor all text messages, email and internet use will have poor safeguards, prove very costly and not even work, London School of Economics researchers have found.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A national commission should be created to tackle Britain’s ‘epidemic’ of family breakdown, a senior judge said yesterday.”
The Times, 17th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A chief constable was criticised by three judges today for defying a high court order to return computer hard drives containing evidence of suspected child abuse to an expert witness.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Jewish couple are suing their neighbours in a block of flats because they say an automatic security light breaks a religious prohibition.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Pharmacists are calling for a change in the law, which criminalises them for dispensing the wrong drug.”
BBC News, 16th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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