Ministers, led by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, are set to introduce emergency legislation aiming to overturn new sentencing guidelines that critics claim could result in unequal treatment based on age, sex, and ethnicity. This urgent action comes as the guidelines from the Sentencing Council are due to take effect imminently, with Mahmood hoping to pass a brief law through Parliament within 24 hours. Despite concerns that it may not succeed in stopping the guidelines, the government is determined to eliminate what it sees as a two-tier justice system intended to reduce bias and reoffending.
The introduction of new sentencing guidelines by the Sentencing Council was criticized for creating two-tier justice based on age, sex, and ethnicity, prompting last-minute legislative action.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood plans an emergency bill to instruct judges to ignore new sentencing guidelines, aiming to override what she perceives as a flawed reform.
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