Victims and families of most heinous crimes to get longer to challenge sentences Reforms mean no victim be left in the dark about right to challenge Crown Court sentences Move will help deliver justice for all victims and restore faith in the justice system as part of the Plan for Change Victims and bereaved families […]
Reform UK members will table a motion at their party conference which is expected to call for transgender women to be excluded from men’s prisons the Prison Oracle understands. The motion is set to be held this Saturday during Reform’s party conference, taking place in Birmingham. It comes after Nigel Farage faced criticism for initially appearing to […]
Every shoplifter would be prosecuted and stop and search powers used to “saturation point” under Nigel Farage’s pledge to make Reform UK the “toughest party on law and order this country has ever seen”. He said that a Reform government would crack down on prolific offending by imposing life sentences on those who commit three […]
The deputy leader of Reform UK has proposed a new law that would allow members of the public a say when they think criminal sentences are either too harsh or too lenient. MP Richard Tice said he wanted a system where if 500 members of the public said they disagreed with a sentence in a […]
A murderer has had the punishment part of his life sentence increased following an appeal by the Scottish Crown Office. Christopher Brown, 37, was ordered to serve at least 13 years in custody after being found guilty of killing Henry White, 57, following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh last year. Brown subjected […]
The Attorney General’s Office can review very low sentences given by the Crown Court in England and Wales, if asked to do so. The Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme enables these requests, allowing members of the public to ask the Attorney General to refer a sentence to the Court of Appeal for being too low. Learn […]