Appeal hearing date set for former NSW Police officer who avoided jail over taser death
By Isla Evans
Kristian White was handed a two-year community correction order, which included 425 hours of community service, for fatally tasering 95-year-old Clare Nowland.
Judge cites 'inhuman' lock-up conditions in attacker's suspended sentence
By Grace Atta
An NT Supreme Court judge has suspended the sentence of a woman who pleaded guilty to a violent crime against a teenage girl, citing "disgusting" and "inhuman" conditions at the Alice Springs watch house.
An NT Supreme Court judge has suspended the sentence of a woman who pleaded guilty to a violent crime against a teenage girl, citing "disgusting" and "inhuman" conditions at the Alice Springs watch house.
"It is infuriating to see another Labour government seek to appease a rightwing voter base by reinforcing the “tough on crime” doom loop that has gridlocked our justice system for the past 30 years. It was New Labour’s punitive posturing that drove up the prison population by 40% between 1997 and 2010"
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Labour’s populist pantomime over sentencing rules plays into the hands of the right | Janey Starling | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/01/labour-prison-reform-justice-system?CMP=GTUK_email
Perhaps obtaining reports on an entirely random sample of offenders would be acceptable?
One could find a use for it, but it would seem strange.
Yup... This bullshit is back again...
Apparently, former human rights lawyer, Starmer is "disappointed" the Sentencing Council won't change their guidelines - presumably because it demonstrates you don't have to cave to every right wing attack and demonisation project which would severely undermine him...
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AX) — Cholo Abdi Abdullah, a Kenyan national, was setting a dangerous stage in the theater of terrorism, hoping to follow the dreadful
💢 Prejudice against victims can result in reduced sentences for rape
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-prejudice-victims-result-sentences-rape.html
#rape #crime #law #sentencing #prejudice #criminaljustice #sexualassault
Rape myths that include statements such as "scantily clad" and "being promiscuous" can influence sentencing in Norwegian courtrooms. In court cases where victims are described in a prejudiced manner, defendants typically receive prison sentences that are 16 months shorter than in cases without such descriptions.
A former Georgia warehouse worker for the Augusta National Golf Club was sentenced to one year in prison Wednesday for transporting millions of dollars' worth of stolen Masters tournament memorabilia, including one of the late Arnold Palmer's iconic green jackets. Richard Globensky, 40, pleaded guilty last year to one count of transporting stolen goods across state lines. He appeared Wednesday in Chicago federal court and apologized for his actions before US District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman handed down the sentence, per the AP. 'I deeply regret the decision that led me to this moment,' he said, his voice breaking.
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