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Tag: Sentencing

Get the latest news and insight from the Public Defender Service about sentencing including sentencing guidelines from the Crown Prosecution Service.

Sentencing: Where an offender crosses an important age threshold

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Sentencing: Digital manipulation, Production or Possession?

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Reduction in sentence for cooperating with the Police

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Qualifying curfew – Tag never fitted – Time still counts

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Sentencing adults for crimes committed when under 18

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Human trafficking and modern slavery defences

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‘Camera, Lights, Action’ – Open justice has arrived with televised sentencing

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BBC, ITN & Sky finally get their landmark moment with crown court sentencing remarks now being televised for the first time ever.

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

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What are the recent changes to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

Lloyd Jenkins wins at the Court of Appeal

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Lloyd Jenkins, solicitor advocate at the PDS, recently appeared before the Court of Appeal, with leave of the Single Judge, to appeal a sentence of 18 months immediate custody imposed at a local crown court in January 2022.

What are the changes to sentencing for burglary offences?

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Revised sentencing guidelines for domestic, non-domestic and aggravated burglary offences in England and Wales, will come into effect on 1 July 2022.