World news | The Guardian6h ago
Man found guilty of rape that led to Andrew Malkinson’s wrongful imprisonment https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/17/man-found-guilty-of-that-led-to-andrew-malkinsons-wrongful-imprisonment #Crime #RapeAndSexualAssault #UkCriminalJustice #Police #GreaterManchester #UkNews #Manchester #England #Society #Law
Man found guilty of rape that led to Andrew Malkinson’s wrongful imprisonment

Paul Quinn convicted in light of DNA evidence from 2003 attack that led to notorious miscarriage of justice

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian10h ago
Law to pardon women convicted of illegal abortions passes final hurdle in UK parliament https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-women-convicted-abortions-passes-uk-parliament #Abortion #ReproductiveRights #Women #Law #UkCriminalJustice #UkNews
Law to pardon women convicted of illegal abortions passes final hurdle in UK parliament

Legislation will expunge convictions and stop prosecution of women who end their pregnancies in England and Wales

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian4d ago
Founder of Starmer’s legal chambers condemns Labour plans to cut jury trials https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/13/founder-of-starmer-legal-chambers-geoffrey-robertson-condemns-labour-plans-to-cut-jury-trials #UkCriminalJustice #UkNews #Labour #Law #Politics
Founder of Starmer’s legal chambers condemns Labour plans to cut jury trials

Geoffrey Robertson says proposals to reduce backlog are betrayal of party’s values and a ‘cure worse than the disease’

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian4d ago
Government shift on intelligence evidence could revive delayed Hillsborough law https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/13/government-shift-on-intelligence-evidence-could-revive-delayed-hillsborough-law #UkCriminalJustice #UkNews #Labour #HillsboroughDisaster #Liverpool #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism
Government shift on intelligence evidence could revive delayed Hillsborough law

No 10 understood to be ready to drop block on Security Service being covered after concerns from families and Labour MPs

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 10
Labour MPs propose specialist sexual offences courts to help trials backlog https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/10/labour-mps-propose-specialist-sexual-offences-courts-to-help-trials-backlog #UkCriminalJustice #StellaCreasy #RapeAndSexualAssault #DomesticViolence #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #England #Wales #Politics #Law #Society #UkNews #CharlotteNichols
Labour MPs propose specialist sexual offences courts to help trials backlog

Rebels put forward amendments to courts bill in attempt to stop government plans to cut back on jury trials

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 8
Victims and bereaved families to get more time to challenge ‘unduly lenient’ sentences https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/08/victims-and-bereaved-families-to-get-more-time-to-challenge-unduly-lenient-sentences #Sentencing #UkCriminalJustice #Law #UkNews #DavidLammy #CourtOfAppeal
Victims and bereaved families to get more time to challenge ‘unduly lenient’ sentences

David Lammy says those affected by a heinous crime cannot be expected to engage with the justice system within the existing 28-day limit

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 8
Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/08/isolate-jailed-drug-dealers-charlie-taylor-inspector-prisons #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Crime #DrugsTrade #Drugs #Society #UkNews #Politics
Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog

Charlie Taylor, inspector of prisons for England and Wales, says dealers should be isolated and ‘assertively managed’

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 6
Compensation for crime victims capped in 1996 not enough, say campaigners https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/06/compensation-victims-crime-capped-great-britain-lifetime-care #UkCriminalJustice #Crime #Law #UkNews #Scotland #England #Wales
Compensation for crime victims capped in 1996 not enough, say campaigners

Figures suggest if £500,000 limit set for Great Britain 30 years ago was adjusted for inflation the maximum would be more than £1m

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianMar 30
Expansion of HMP Parc in Wales should be paused, MPs say https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/30/expansion-of-hmp-parc-in-wales-should-be-paused-mps-say #PrisonsAndProbation #UkNews #Wales #UkCriminalJustice #G4s
Expansion of HMP Parc in Wales should be paused, MPs say

Welsh affairs committee says Bridgend jail is ‘not the right place’ to add inmates after deaths, violence and staff shortages

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianMar 26
Man who murdered pregnant girlfriend given whole-life order after court rules 42-year term too lenient https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/26/shaine-march-sentenced-whole-life-order-murder-pregnant-girlfriend #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #Femicide #PrisonsAndProbation #CourtOfAppeal #UkCriminalJustice #Law #Society #UkNews #Crime
Man who murdered pregnant girlfriend given whole-life order after court rules 42-year term too lenient

Shaine March fatally stabbed Alana Odysseos, who was in early stages of pregnancy, after being released on licence for killing teenager in 2000

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