#SentancingCouncil

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

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11 months ago

38mago 14.30 8ST In the Commons the Labour MP Nadia Whittome said she was alarmed by the implication that, if the Sentencing Council guidelines are withdrawn, judges would not be advised to get pre-sentence reports before sentencing pregnant women. Mahmood said the bill would not affect policy relating to pregnant offenders, because there is already court of appeal precedent saying pre-sentence reports should be obtained before pregnant women are sentenced. < share 47mago 14.20 8ST Diane Abbott says government should not be interfering with independence of Sentencing Council Diane Abbott, the Labour MP and a former shadow home secretary, told Mahmood she did not know why she was so “triumphant” about introducing legislation to interfere with the independence of the Sentencing Council. She said there have been many reports saying black and brown people are treated unfairly by the courts, and she said the judiciary was independent for a good Reason. "There is a reason why the Sentencing Council is independent. It was made a statutory independent body to avoid even the appearance of ministerial interfering in sentencing. This is not the United States. Our political system, our judicial system, are entirely separate."

Excellent, some of the good ones left in Labour are making a fuss too

#NadiaWhittome #DianeAbbott #Labour #SentancingCouncil #UKPOL #Ukpolitics

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

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11 months ago

28mago 14.36 BST Green party claim Sentencing Council bill based on 'wilful misunderstanding’ and will lead to more unjust punishments The Green party has also criticised the governments decision to introduce the sentencing guidelines (pre-sentence reports) bill. In a statement, the Green MP Sian Berry said: 44 It has been chilling to witness the government pile pressure on an independent body which has been nothing but clear about the importance of these guidelines for passing effective sentences. The new guidelines, which were publicly consulted on, would have helped create safer sentencing for many women, parents, pregnant and young people, for whom extreme custodial sentences can compound the harm that led to their offending in the first place. This delay will condemn too many people to unjust punishment while we wait for new plans. Pre-sentencing reports offer judges information, they do not determine sentences. Politicians’ wilful misunderstanding of these processes is dangerous and will cause irrevocable harm for many if this bill is passed.

The Green Party speaking for the Left Wing (as Labour have abandoned it until the next election)

It was a Two Tier system, we tried to fix it, White People complained that they were losing their Privilege, so we undid it. For the White People, White Men in […]

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

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11 months ago

Sky News running with "those ethnics, they're getting special treatment, aren't they" but the list of people included in these new Sentencing guidelines includes.....Women.

So that's one half of the country "up to something" is it lads? I thought we wanted to be about protecting Women? Remember […]

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

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11 months ago

The new guidelines would have required magistrates and judges to consult a pre-sentence report before deciding whether to imprison someone of an ethnic or religious minority, or a young adult, abuse survivor or pregnant woman.

This is seen a 'victory' for the three Tory Parties we have in the UK.

#Whiteness #Priviledge #Tories #Labour #ReformUK #SentancingCouncil #Law