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New thinking on prison sentencing needed13:07, May 26 17 0 The helpful info graphic accompanying the Ministry of Justice 2018 statistics (Report, 24 May) showed that 71% of offenders sentenced to immediate custody received sentences of six months or less. This makes the present push to follow Scotland’s example and abolish such sentences even more compelling. But that of itself would not solve the problem. The numbers of offenders being returned to prison for failing to conform to the requirements of their community sentence or licence has increased from a mere 150 in 1993 to nearly 7,000 in 2016. This reflects a predominant criminal justice culture here: you punish an offender; he or she does not get “cured” by that punishment; so next time you punish them harder. And most offenders, who tick many of the boxes on the social deprivation indices, have spent their lives flouting authority and breaking rules. So it’s hardly surprising that many find conforming to stringent imposed rules quite difficult. A different approach is needed, where punishment is not seen as an inevitable escalator of severity, and which offers frustrated magistrates an alternative to the counterproductive short prison sentence.Andy Stelman(Retired assistant chief probation officer, Merseyside), Bishops Castle, Shropshire
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Lady Chatterley trial: thousands raised to keep judge’s copy in UK
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A crowdfunding appeal is bringing readers, authors and publishers together to help keep the copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover used by the judge in the landmark obscenity trial in the UK. -
Woman told to pay towards inquest into daughter's death in care
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A disabled woman who cannot work has been told to pay thousands of pounds for lawyers to represent her at the inquest into her daughter’s death in a secure children’s home. -
Food truck restrictions, including GPS requirement, can stand, state supreme court rules
17:37, May 23 30 0
Image from Shutterstock.com. A cupcake entrepreneur has lost her constitutional challenge to Chicago’s food truck regulations before the Illinois Supreme Court. -
New US charges against Julian Assange could spell decades behind bars
17:36, May 23 33 0
Julian Assange could face decades in a US prison after being charged with violating the US Espionage Act by publishing classified information through WikiLeaks. -
US charges WikiLeaks' Julian Assange with publishing classified information
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Julian Assange has been charged with violating the US Espionage Act by publishing classified information through WikiLeaks. -
US charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing classified information
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Julian Assange has been charged with violating the US Espionage Act by publishing classified information through WikiLeaks. -
Judge placed on leave pending investigation into shooting of estranged husband
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Trans women given formal access to Hampstead Heath pond
13:12, May 23 29 0
Transgender women have had their right to use Hampstead Heath ponds formalised in a new policy. The City of London Corporation (CoLC), which manages Hampstead Heath and its ponds, announced that it had adopted a new gender identity policy to make sure services in the area “are fully compliant with the Equality Act 2010, and do not discriminate against trans people”. -
Homeless veterans bill would ensure legal services are available ‘when they are needed most,’ ABA says
12:57, May 23 28 0
Image from Shutterstock.com. ABA President Bob Carlson urged the Senate’s Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on Tuesday to support bipartisan legislation that would implement new strategies for removing barriers that prevent homeless veterans from receiving vital benefits, services and treatment.
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Judge refuses to block subpoena for Trump’s accounting records
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Lawyer who didn’t practice law for 2 decades removed from death penalty case
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‘Pregnancy is a time bomb’ – what I learned about motherhood working in a women’s prison
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Facial recognition tech prevents crime, police tell UK privacy case
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Revealed: single offender has been jailed nearly 200 times
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Michael Avenatti accused of stealing from former client Stormy Daniels
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Woman told to pay towards inquest into daughter's death in care
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Anonymous anarchists claim responsibility for flooding lawyer’s office because of ICE union work
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Barr refuses to testify before House as Justice Department rejects request for full Mueller report
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Hedge fund founder jailed after judge says he lunged at federal prosecutor during trial break
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'Things are so bad even the police are scared': deportees live in fear in Jamaica
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Juror says $2B award in Roundup cancer trial was intended to have ‘punch-in-the-gut effect’
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ABA legal ed section’s council adopts tighter bar pass standard; clock for compliance starts now
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Federal judge tosses nuisance suits seeking to hold oil companies liable for climate change
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Ethics case dropped against ex-Florida judge accused of faking dockets to take time off
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ABC’s ‘The Last Defense’ profiles Julius Jones’ current legal battle to stay alive
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The Observer view on the UK’s right to rent shame
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Foreign Office grants Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection