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The Labour Party proposes to overrule independent judiciary watchdog, the Sentencing Council, whose new guidelines would stop minorities being treated less fairly in the justice system.

More and more Trumpian...

Government to override sentencing rules after 'two-tier' row - BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m9n4

Shabana Mahmood dressed in a blue blazer holding a blue folder
BBC NewsGovernment to override sentencing rules after 'two-tier' rowThe new legislation comes in response to a row over how ethnic minority offenders should be sentenced.
#Law#Justice#Racism
JimmyB (he/him)

@junesim63 Where are the journalists holding Jenrick, Mahmoud, Starmer to account here? (Shocking we can have them in the same sentence on a question of law and yet, here we are).

Where is the question: so if you oppose taking personal circumstances into account in sentencing, what do you propose to do about the massively disproportionate sentencing and impacts on the mentioned groups? That black young men (4eg) get targeted and convicted at insanely higher rates?

Where are the journalists?