Sentencing Council Slaps Down Mahmood’s Call to Scrap ‘Two-Tier’ Guidance

The two-tier justice row rumbles on, with the Sentencing Council now firing back at Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s call to scrap their new guidance which some say makes it easier for minorities to avoid jail. In response to Mahmood’s letter, Council chairman Lord Justice William Davis hit back, accusing her of undermining the judiciary’s independence.[…] Read the rest