Sentencing Council refuses to change guidance in ‘two-tier justice’ row

Sentencing Council suspends two-tier guidelines after backlash

Criminals from minority backgrounds could have avoided jail with a lenient sentence under the proposed rules

A new storm of indignation is brewing over the British judicial system – and rightly so. As recently revealed documents of the Ministry of Justice show, judges and magistrates' courts are supposed to "priorize" ethnic minorities, women and transgender persons in bail decisions. The reason? These groups are allegedly "extremely high risk" of going into custody, according to the British telegraph in a report. However, it goes further: The new guid…

Sentencing Council’s new guidelines are corrosive and unfair

Varying pre-sentencing approach based on ethnicity risks eroding support for things we know work

Britain Is Lost: White Men in UK to Face Tougher Sentencing

New sentencing guidelines in the UK will impose stricter punishments on white men, igniting a fierce debate over fairness and discrimination in the judicial system. Political leaders express concerns about the implications for justice.

UK's New Sentencing Guidelines Biased Against White Men & Christians

The UK Sentencing Council has rejected calls from the justice secretary to change guidance recommending judges consider a criminal’s ethnicity before deciding their punishment. The Sentencing Council published the guidance. It is the independent public body that advises judges and magistrates on sentencing. The updated guidance, which is due to come into force from April, says […] The post UK’s New Sentencing Guidelines Biased Against White Men …

Justice Secretary warned against ‘megaphone diplomacy’ in sentencing row

Former Tory justice secretary Sir Robert Buckland also suggested he had no truck with accusations the Government was implementing ‘two-tier’ justice.