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Conservatives Urge Government to Block Plan Weighing Ethnicity or Faith in Sentencing

  • The Sentencing Council has issued new guidance requiring pre-sentence reports for offenders from ethnic, cultural, or faith minorities, effective April 2025.
  • Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has expressed her intent to reverse the Sentencing Council's changes, stating there will never be a 'two-tier sentencing approach under my watch.'
  • The updated guidelines include recommendations for rehabilitation over custodial sentences, particularly for pregnant women and mothers.
  • Critics, including Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick, argue that the new guidelines create a bias against specific groups and perpetuate 'two-tier justice.
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The New York SunThe New York Sun

New Sentencing Guidelines in England Could Lead to Harsher Penalties for White, Male Offenders Than Female, Minority Ones

Prime Minister Starmer’s government says it is opposed to the guidance, but cannot unilaterally kill it.

·New York, United States
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The New AmericanThe New American

New Sentencing Rules Could Give White Brits Longer Sentences Than “Minorities” for SAME Crimes

U.K. magistrates were told to consider whether a guilty party is "from an ethnic minority, cultural minority and/or faith minority community." ... The post New Sentencing Rules Could Give White Brits Longer Sentences Than “Minorities” for SAME Crimes appeared first on The New American.

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Daily MirrorDaily Mirror

It is a dereliction of duty to fuel the anger in this debate by omitting context

Official UK figures prove offenders from ethnic minorities still - consistently - get longer sentences than white offenders for indictable offences.

·London, United Kingdom
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SpikedSpiked

The ‘anti-racist’ state is a menace to equality

These outrageous new sentencing guidelines show how racial paternalism corrodes justice.

·London, United Kingdom
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Barron'sBarron's

Anger At New UK 'Two-tier' Sentencing Rules For Minorities

The UK opposition leader Thursday backed the justice minister over scrapping new guidance for judges requiring them to consider a convict's background, including their ethnicity, when deciding jail terms.

·New York, United States
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HuffPost UKHuffPost UK

Robert Jenrick Accused Of 'Trumpism' As He Complains Of 'Bias Against Straight White Men'

The Tory frontbencher claimed Labour is overseeing "two-tier justice".

·United Kingdom
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Daily Express broke the news in United Kingdom on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
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