The Sentencing Council has removed its revised guidelines, due to have taken effect today (1 April 2025), which expanded rehabilitative and community-based sentencing options for certain offenders, after the Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said:
“These guidelines create a justice system where outcomes could be influenced by race, culture or religion.
This differential treatment is unacceptable - equality before the law is the backbone of public confidence in our justice system.
I will change the law to ensure fairness for all in our courts, and I’m grateful to the Sentencing Council for delaying implementation while Parliament considers the Bill.”
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