Judges and magistrates told to consider high prison population opting for suspended sentences instead of immediate jail terms What judges have said about the state …
‘Deeply flawed’ imprisonment for public protection rules causing severe distress among prisoners and families, says rapporteur A UN torture expert has called on the UK …
Currently rare prison orders with little chance of parole would become default for worst offenders under MoJ proposals Murderers whose offences have a sexual motivation …
Malaysia’s Parliament has approved a bill that would scrap mandatory death penalties and limit capital punishment to serious crimes as part of wide-ranging reforms
First known victim of rapist ex-Met officer welcomes his jailing and condemns his failure to show remorse The first known victim of the rapist Metropolitan …
The U.N.’s high commissioner for human rights says Myanmar’s military-installed government has sentenced more critics to death, bringing the total to 139, and is using …
Prisoner in his mid-70s had been sentenced for the murders of Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton and Dinah McNicol Serial killer Peter Tobin has died after …
France’s biggest ever criminal trial enters final weeks, with prosecutors expressing regret about unanswered questions French prosecutors have called for life sentences for 12 of …
Foreign secretary and counterpart ‘discuss efforts to secure the release’ of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The UK foreign secretary, Liz …
Liz Truss to raise case of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner after sentences condemned as ‘disgusting’ Ukraine almost out of ammunition, relying on western armsPutin …
Britain is deeply concerned by death sentences passed down to two British men by a court of the Russian-backed Donetsk People’s Republic and will work …
Vadim Shishimarin shot dead Oleksandr Shelipov in village in late February Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates A court in Kyiv has sentenced a Russian soldier to …
A judge in Nicaragua has given an eight-year prison sentence to Cristiana Chamorro, a journalist, potential presidential contender and daughter of former President Violeta Chamorro
A court in Venezuela has upheld long prison sentences for six American oil executives detained in the South American country on corruption charges for more …
NLD politician and hip hop artist Phyo Zayar Thaw handed sentence alongside democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu A military tribunal in Myanmar has sentenced a …
Pandemic has caused huge delays in justice system but barristers claim change in England and Wales is ‘distraction politics’ Magistrates in England and Wales will …