Browsing: justice

The idea that naming and shaming offenders will “build confidence” in community sentences is beyond belief (Report, 26 September). I thought we had moved beyond the middle…

Elijah* tried to keep out of trouble when he got out of lock up. A new path seemed within reach but he was torn. “It was…

Ministers are pushing through powers to photograph, name and shame offenders who have been ordered to complete unpaid community work in England and Wales.The sentencing bill,…

The crown court backlog in England and Wales has risen by 10% to a new record of almost 80,000 cases, while wait times for trial dates…

The US justice department has scrubbed a study from its website concluding that far-right extremists have killed far more Americans than any other domestic terrorist group,…

Saturday 15 April 1989: one of the darkest days in British history. Thousands of Liverpool fans set out for Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield, full of excitement…

Public servants who deliberately cover up state-related disasters will face up to two years in jail under a new Hillsborough law, David Lammy has promised, following…

The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has suggested that her Tory counterpart, Robert Jenrick, was guilty of “risking the collapse of trial”, after he was criticised in…

The US justice department has initiated a criminal investigation into mortgage fraud claims against Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, according to new reports, as a lawsuit…

Syria is marking its first International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad, as the country grapples with…