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#Jointenterprise #UKcriminaljustice #Crime #UKnews Murder and manslaughter charges under joint enterprise rise despite concern: Nearly 1,000 people charged in five years in England and Wales under doctrine that supreme court said had taken ‘wrong turn’

The number of people facing murder and…
Murder and manslaughter charges under joint enterprise rise despite concern
Nearly 1,000 people charged in five years in England and Wales under doctrine that supreme court said had taken ‘wrong turn’ The number of people facing murder and manslaughter charges despite not being the principal offender has risen significantly,…
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June 26, 2024 at 4:12 PM
#UKcriminaljustice #Police #UKnews #Conservatives The prison and court systems are on the verge of collapse. Why aren’t Labour or the Tories talking about it? | Samira Shackle: Both parties try to appear tough on crime – but neither have convincing answers to the chaos in British criminal justice…
The prison and court systems are on the verge of collapse. Why aren’t Labour or the Tories talking about it? | Samira Shackle
Both parties try to appear tough on crime – but neither have convincing answers to the chaos in British criminal justice The criminal justice system is close to collapse. Don’t take my word for it. “The entire criminal justice system stands on the…
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June 30, 2024 at 1:04 PM
#CriminalCasesReviewCommission #Crime #Law #UKcriminaljustice Britain’s system for tackling wrongful convictions failed me spectacularly. Overhaul the CCRC now | Andrew Malkinson: A scathing new report lays bare the inadequacy of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. I’d like to see resignations…
Britain’s system for tackling wrongful convictions failed me spectacularly. Overhaul the CCRC now | Andrew Malkinson
A scathing new report lays bare the inadequacy of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. I’d like to see resignations * ‘Catalogue of failures’: watchdog missed chances to help Andrew Malkinson, report finds On 30 March 2004, I was sentenced to life…
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July 18, 2024 at 2:31 PM
#Crime #Barristers #UKcriminaljustice Chortle chortle, scribble scribble: inside the Old Bailey with Britain’s last court reporters – podcast: The cases heard at the Old Bailey offer a vivid, often grim portrait of England and Wales today. What happens when there is no one left to tell these…
Chortle chortle, scribble scribble: inside the Old Bailey with Britain’s last court reporters – podcast
The cases heard at the Old Bailey offer a vivid, often grim portrait of England and Wales today. What happens when there is no one left to tell these stories? By Sophie Elmhirst Continue reading...
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July 29, 2024 at 4:04 AM
#UKcriminaljustice #Environmentalactivism #UKnews #Trialbyjury Government drops appeal over climate activist who held sign outside UK court: Judge had thrown out case against Trudi Warner, whose sign told jurors they had a right to acquit ‘according to conscience’

The government has dropped an…
Government drops appeal over climate activist who held sign outside UK court
Judge had thrown out case against Trudi Warner, whose sign told jurors they had a right to acquit ‘according to conscience’ The government has dropped an appeal against a judge’s decision to throw out a contempt case against a woman who stood outside a…
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August 15, 2024 at 4:41 PM
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Society #Law Labour urged to scrap £4bn Tory mega-jails plan and fund rehabilitation: Exclusive: Former chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick says money would be better spent preventing crime

Ministers should scrap Conservative plans to build new…
Labour urged to scrap £4bn Tory mega-jails plan and fund rehabilitation
Exclusive: Former chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick says money would be better spent preventing crime Ministers should scrap Conservative plans to build new mega-jails and pour £4bn into the prevention of crime and rehabilitation instead, the…
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August 14, 2024 at 4:13 PM
#UKcriminaljustice #UKnews #Immigrationandasylum #Law The justice system is rising to challenge of UK riots – despite dire Tory legacy | Shabana Mahmood: Those who have engaged in the recent wave of destructive thuggery on the nation’s streets will not go unpunished

• Riots will set back efforts…
The justice system is rising to challenge of UK riots – despite dire Tory legacy | Shabana Mahmood
Those who have engaged in the recent wave of destructive thuggery on the nation’s streets will not go unpunished • Riots will set back efforts to rebuild Britain’s broken justice system, minister warns On Thursday, I joined the prime minister at a…
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August 10, 2024 at 5:24 PM
#UKcriminaljustice #Crime #Thefarright #Police Riots will set back efforts to rebuild Britain’s broken justice system, minister warns: Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood says impact of disorder will last years as former social cohesion tsar urges review of events

• Shabana Mahmood: The justice…
Riots will set back efforts to rebuild Britain’s broken justice system, minister warns
Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood says impact of disorder will last years as former social cohesion tsar urges review of events • Shabana Mahmood: The justice system is rising to challenge of UK riots – despite dire Tory legacy The hundreds of arrests…
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August 10, 2024 at 5:12 PM
#Sentencing #JustStopOil #Environmentalactivism #UKcriminaljustice Labour donor calls for review as Southport rioter is jailed for less time than Just Stop Oil protester: ‘Two-tier policing’ claims are nonsense, but government is guilty of ‘two-tier sentencing’, says green energy boss Dale Vince…
Labour donor calls for review as Southport rioter is jailed for less time than Just Stop Oil protester
‘Two-tier policing’ claims are nonsense, but government is guilty of ‘two-tier sentencing’, says green energy boss Dale Vince A Labour donor has called on the government to review a sentencing regime that led to a climate protester being given a longer…
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August 10, 2024 at 4:22 PM
#UKcriminaljustice #Prisonsandprobation #UKnews #Law UK government will not repay some ‘bed and board’ deductions to wrongfully imprisoned: Miscarriage of justice victims say policy that takes money from their compensation payouts is additional punishment

A government minister has ruled out…
UK government will not repay some ‘bed and board’ deductions to wrongfully imprisoned
Miscarriage of justice victims say policy that takes money from their compensation payouts is additional punishment A government minister has ruled out reimbursing some victims of miscarriages of justice after living expenses for the time they spent in…
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August 9, 2024 at 12:20 PM
#KeirStarmer #Crime #Police #UKcriminaljustice Starmer is being tough on the rioters, but history shows that preventing further unrest is the real challenge | Martin Kettle: Reducing public anxieties about immigration is the best way to combat those fuelling such fears for their own ends…
Starmer is being tough on the rioters, but history shows that preventing further unrest is the real challenge | Martin Kettle
Reducing public anxieties about immigration is the best way to combat those fuelling such fears for their own ends Britain’s 2024 riots are a surprise national crisis. There was no particular buildup, no clearly discernible pressure cooker process. No…
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August 7, 2024 at 5:33 PM
#KeirStarmer #Crime #Police #UKcriminaljustice Keir Starmer is being tough on the rioters, but preventing more unrest is the real challenge | Martin Kettle: Reducing public anxieties about immigration is the best way to combat those fuelling such fears for their own ends

Britain’s 2024 riots are…
Keir Starmer is being tough on the rioters, but preventing more unrest is the real challenge | Martin Kettle
Reducing public anxieties about immigration is the best way to combat those fuelling such fears for their own ends Britain’s 2024 riots are a surprise national crisis. There was no particular buildup, no clearly discernible pressure cooker process. No…
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August 7, 2024 at 5:23 PM
#Prisonsandprobation #Crime #UKnews #UKcriminaljustice Labour must focus on the prison population | Letters: Crisis could be averted by not imprisoning mothers, non-payers of taxes and fines, and non-violent protesters, write Liz Middleton and Gail Coles

Half a century ago we were involved with…
Labour must focus on the prison population | Letters
Crisis could be averted by not imprisoning mothers, non-payers of taxes and fines, and non-violent protesters, write Liz Middleton and Gail Coles Half a century ago we were involved with an organisation called Radical Alternatives to Prison. We are…
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August 4, 2024 at 4:17 PM
#UKcriminaljustice #Prisonsandprobation #MillyDowler #Humanrights Serial killer Levi Bellfield blocked from having civil partnership: New law comes into force stopping most serious offenders getting married or entering into civil partnerships behind bars

The serial killer Levi Bellfield has been…
Serial killer Levi Bellfield blocked from having civil partnership
New law comes into force stopping most serious offenders getting married or entering into civil partnerships behind bars The serial killer Levi Bellfield has been blocked from having a civil partnership, after a new law came into force stopping the most…
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August 1, 2024 at 11:06 PM
#Prisonsandprobation #Women #Crime #UKcriminaljustice Women’s prisons have served their time. They should be abolished: Prisons are not safe spaces for women – and many of the inmates should not be there in the first place. It’s time for a radical rethink

For a long time, I thought one of my most…
Women’s prisons have served their time. They should be abolished
Prisons are not safe spaces for women – and many of the inmates should not be there in the first place. It’s time for a radical rethink For a long time, I thought one of my most radical beliefs, really quite edgy, was that women’s prisons should be…
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July 28, 2024 at 7:36 AM
#CriminalCasesReviewCommission #UKcriminaljustice #Law #England The Observer view: Criminal Cases Review Commission needs reform and a new leader: Helen Pitcher has shown no contrition for the failings of the watchdog, which blundered in the case of Andrew Malkinson

Our criminal justice system is…
The Observer view: Criminal Cases Review Commission needs reform and a new leader
Helen Pitcher has shown no contrition for the failings of the watchdog, which blundered in the case of Andrew Malkinson Our criminal justice system is rightly loaded in favour of letting those who are probably guilty walk free to avoid locking up the…
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July 21, 2024 at 5:12 AM
#Prisonsandprobation #Society #Law #UKcriminaljustice MoJ planning to reduce time high-risk offenders spend in hostel supervision: Maximum hostel stays for serious offenders such as freed rapists and murderers to be cut from 12 to eight weeks

The Ministry of Justice is planning to cut the length…
MoJ planning to reduce time high-risk offenders spend in hostel supervision
Maximum hostel stays for serious offenders such as freed rapists and murderers to be cut from 12 to eight weeks The Ministry of Justice is planning to cut the length of time that high-risk offenders such as freed rapists and murderers spend under…
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July 18, 2024 at 4:06 PM
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #ShabanaMahmood #Politics About 5,500 prisoners to be released early in England and Wales: Justice secretary says temporary scheme in September and October will ‘avert disaster’ in overcrowding crisis

About 5,500 offenders will be released early from prison…
About 5,500 prisoners to be released early in England and Wales
Justice secretary says temporary scheme in September and October will ‘avert disaster’ in overcrowding crisis About 5,500 offenders will be released early from prison as part of a temporary scheme to “avert disaster”, the justice secretary has said. It…
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July 18, 2024 at 12:30 PM
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Labour #JamesTimpson Take it from a former prisons inspector: letting offenders out early won’t fix our broken system | Anne Owers: The justice secretary’s plan may free places, but funding is desperately needed for probation and community care

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Take it from a former prisons inspector: letting offenders out early won’t fix our broken system | Anne Owers
The justice secretary’s plan may free places, but funding is desperately needed for probation and community care * Anne Owers was chief inspector of prisons from 2001 to 2010 “Please don’t let them send me away. All my life I’ve been passed around…
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July 15, 2024 at 6:14 AM
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #ShabanaMahmood #Law Thousands of prisoners to be released early to avoid ‘total breakdown of law and order’: Justice secretary says 1,000 probation officers will also be recruited ‘to avert disaster’ in England and Wales

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Thousands of prisoners to be released early to avoid ‘total breakdown of law and order’
Justice secretary says 1,000 probation officers will also be recruited ‘to avert disaster’ in England and Wales * UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer’s government will release thousands of prisoners after they have served 40% of their…
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July 12, 2024 at 2:00 PM
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #ShabanaMahmood #Law Thousands of prisoners to be released early to avoid ‘total breakdown of law and order’: Justice secretary says 1,000 probation officers will also be recruited ‘to avert disaster’ in England and Wales

* UK politics live – latest…
Thousands of prisoners to be released early to avoid ‘total breakdown of law and order’
Justice secretary says 1,000 probation officers will also be recruited ‘to avert disaster’ in England and Wales * UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer’s government will release thousands of prisoners after they have served 40% of their…
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July 12, 2024 at 1:51 PM
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Law #Society Over 10,000 prisoners were freed up to 70 days early by Sunak’s government: New justice secretary is preparing to announce further emergency measures to ease overcrowding crisis in jails

* UK politics live – latest updates

Rishi Sunak’s…
Over 10,000 prisoners were freed up to 70 days early by Sunak’s government
New justice secretary is preparing to announce further emergency measures to ease overcrowding crisis in jails * UK politics live – latest updates Rishi Sunak’s government released more than 10,000 prisoners up to 70 days early, figures reveal, as…
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July 12, 2024 at 11:15 AM
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Crime #UKnews Colin Pitchfork parole hearing will not be held in public after ‘fresh allegations’: Parole Board apologises to families of child killer’s victims after unspecified ‘unforeseeable developments’

The parole hearing for Colin Pitchfork, who was…
Colin Pitchfork parole hearing will not be held in public after ‘fresh allegations’
Parole Board apologises to families of child killer’s victims after unspecified ‘unforeseeable developments’ The parole hearing for Colin Pitchfork, who was convicted of raping and murdering two teenagers, will no longer be held in public due to…
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July 11, 2024 at 9:31 PM
#Prisonsandprobation #KeirStarmer #HomeOffice #UKcriminaljustice Starmer ‘shocked’ about prisons crisis as early release scheme prepared: Government to announce terms which could free more than 20,000 inmates in coming months to manage capacity

The “shocking” prisons crisis is even worse than…
Starmer ‘shocked’ about prisons crisis as early release scheme prepared
Government to announce terms which could free more than 20,000 inmates in coming months to manage capacity The “shocking” prisons crisis is even worse than feared, Keir Starmer has said as the government prepares to release tens of thousands of inmates…
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July 10, 2024 at 9:50 PM