Ex-children’s commissioner welcomes crackdown on use of children for crimes such as running county linesLong-overdue laws to protect children forced into selling drugs across county lines will save lives and block a...
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Read MoreExclusive: Barristers also say offenders could pay compensation to victims, in effort to tackle court backlogFirst-time offenders in low-level crimes should be diverted from trials by paying compensation to victims or enrolling...
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Read MorePolice and probation services will be legally required to share with one another information that suggests offenders are risk to othersCoercive control is to be put on a par with other forms of domestic abuse in England and...
Read MoreDowning Street says whole-life terms cannot be extended to killers under age of 18 because of international lawDowning Street has rejected calls for sentencing reforms, saying it does not have the power to extend whole-life...
Read MoreJohn Healey says he hopes Axel Rudakubana, 18, spends rest of his life in prison for murder of three girlsA senior UK cabinet minister has said he hopes the Southport killer will never leave prison and confirmed that...
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