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New sentencing guidelines will make the UK’s justice system more fair, not less – expert view

By Daniel Alge, Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice, Brunel University of London

In echoes of last summer’s riots, the government is again being accused of enabling a “two-tier” justice system in the UK. The current row is over new guidance published by the Sentencing Council, the independent public body that advises judges and magistrates on sentencing.

The guidance,…

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