Tag: Sentencing
Get the latest news and insight from the Public Defender Service about sentencing including sentencing guidelines from the Crown Prosecution Service.
The only way is up – sentencing surcharge increased
The sentencing surcharge required by a court, when dealing with an individual for one or more offence has increased.
Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022
Section 13 of the Act provides that from Monday, 2nd May, 2022, a magistrates’ court may impose a sentence of 12 months’ imprisonment for a single offence that is triable either way, in place of the current maximum of 6 months’ imprisonment.
When a 6 month prison sentence is simply not enough
It’s always struck me as odd that a youth can receive a maximum sentence of 2 years detention, by way of a Detention & Training Order, in the Youth Court.
Harper’s Law to protect emergency workers
The protection of emergency workers looks set to become law and hand tougher sentences to people convicted of assaulting emergency workers.
The Sentencing Code 2020
The Sentencing Act 2020 or ‘the Sentencing Code’, as it is often referred to, came into force on 1 December 2020 and applies to all those convicted on or after this date.
Introduction to the Sentencing Council’s new child cruelty definitive guideline
The Sentencing Council recently issued a new Definitive Guideline for Child Cruelty offences, applicable to defendants aged 18 or over who are sentenced in the Crown Court on or after 1 January 2019.