The Sentencing Council has performed a dramatic U-turn, suspending its controversial ‘two-tier justice’ guidelines just hours before they were due to come into force—following an extraordinary campaign led by Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick. Judges had been preparing to implement new rules advising courts to “normally consider” pre-sentence reports for criminals who were “an ethnic minority, cultural minority, and/or … Continue reading Jenrick Forces Labour to Climbdown on ‘Two-Tier Justice’: Sentencing Council Suspends Controversial Guidelines After Tory Campaign