Browsing: sentencing

Henry Nowak’s killer has seen his sentence extended by the court of appeal after it ruled that his original sentence was “unduly lenient”.Vickrum Digwa’s original sentence…

Offenders who refuse to face their victims’ families in court for sentencing could be stripped of privileges or kept in cells for weeks under government changes…

One of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers has said the potential sentencing of four Palestine Action protesters as terrorists when the jury did not convict…

The former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has said victims of sexual offences committed by children are being asked to “suck it up” for the sake of…

Victims and bereaved families will be given six months to challenge “unduly lenient” sentences handed to criminals, under changes announced by David Lammy.Relatives of murder victims…

A Conservative plan to abolish the judge-led Sentencing Council and hand its powers to the Ministry of Justice has been described as “bonkers”, “unimplementable” and “potentially…

Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced on Friday to 50 months in prison, following his conviction earlier this year on charges linked to transporting women for prostitution.Here’s…

Four months after she gave harrowing testimony at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal trial in New York, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura submitted a victim impact statement late Monday,…

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…