Killers and rapists to be set free EARLY as more than 40,000 criminals dodge jail under Labour's 'soft-justice' masterplan

Killers and rapists to be set free EARLY as more than 40,000 criminals dodge jail under Labour's 'soft-justice' masterplan

Up to 43,000 criminals a year are set to miss jail sentences under Labour's soft-justice masterplan.Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plans will even see killers and rapists leave jail early, according to Ministry of Justic (MoJ) figures.Under the plans accepted "in principle" by Mahmood, courts will no longer impose jail terms of less than a year, except in "exceptional circumstances".MoJ figures indicate that 79,812 criminals were handed an …

The Labour government's plan to drastically reduce prison sentences for thousands of convicts, aiming to decongest prisons, is causing strong reactions in Britain. As the Telegraph newspaper reveals, the new policy foresees that almost all those sentenced to sentences of less than 12 months – including burglars, petty criminals and knife owners – will serve community service sentences instead of imprisonment. Response – London: Natasha Kantzaval…