Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a review of the Sentencing Council following the controversial guidelines that suggested judges in England and Wales gather more background information on offenders from minority groups before sentencing. This proposal faced backlash from both Labour and Conservatives, leading to the guidelines being abandoned after emergency legislation was introduced to override them. Mahmood's review will evaluate how the council creates guidelines while another review led by former justice secretary David Gauke is addressing prison overcrowding. The intersection between these reviews remains uncertain as the government reassesses its justice policies.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a review of the Sentencing Council's role after criticism of guidelines perceived as promoting 'two-tier' justice.
The abandoned guidelines aimed to guide judges to obtain pre-sentence reports for offenders from certain minority groups, sparked wide criticism from both Labour and the Conservatives.
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