United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 145155
Sentencing: Appeals
Introduced
28 January 2021
Last action
2 February 2021 · Answer
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2 February 2021
Summary
To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
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28 January 2021
Written question
To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
Source: Commons
2 February 2021
Answer
The Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme is a vital safeguard in our criminal justice system. It permits the Law Officers to intervene personally in a case where a sentencing judge has fallen into gross error and imposed a sentence which is outside the reasonab...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-01-28/145155
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1281659
- uk · wq-1281659 · source updated 2 February 2021