Government Scrambles to Override ‘Two-Tier’ Guidance With Emergency Legislation

The government is set to push through emergency legislation this week to “surgically remove” the Sentencing Council’s new ‘two-tier’ guidelines after top judges flatly rejected Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s plea to rethink the rules. Justice Secretary Mahmood had slammed the Council’s guidance, stating, “The appearance of differential treatment before the law is particularly corrosive.”[…] Read the rest