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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2057509/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2057509/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 'Honeytrap' agents among six Russian spy ring members facing jail – London Evening Standard <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatYarmouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatYarmouth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Interpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Interpol</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OldBailey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldBailey</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sentencing</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Husband shares pain after driver kills wife in car stolen at gunpoint<br>By Lottie Twyford</p><p>Christella Tan was returning home from a night shift in aged care when a driver slammed into her car in a Mercedes he had stolen at gunpoint.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-28/man-sentenced-fatal-crash-burnside-aged-care-worker/105215160" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-28/man</span><span class="invisible">-sentenced-fatal-crash-burnside-aged-care-worker/105215160</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/TrafficOffences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficOffences</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sentencing</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/RoadAccidentsandIncidents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoadAccidentsandIncidents</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/LottieTwyford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LottieTwyford</span></a></p>
getmisch<p>Prosecutors seek seven years, citing high likelihood of reoffending, behavior "unrepenting &amp; defiant"; defense admits guilt, asks for only two years.<br><a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/GeorgeSantos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeSantos</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sentencing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/guilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guilty</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/plea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plea</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/LongIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongIsland</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/Congressional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congressional</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/representative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>representative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theft</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>only</span></a> the <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/fourth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fourth</span></a> to be <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/expelled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>expelled</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/from" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>from</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.nyc/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/george-santos-prosecutors-seek-7-years-prison-fraud-case-rcna199808" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/congress/</span><span class="invisible">george-santos-prosecutors-seek-7-years-prison-fraud-case-rcna199808</span></a></p>
JuneSim63<p>"It is infuriating to see another Labour government seek to appease a rightwing voter base by reinforcing the “tough on crime” doom loop that has gridlocked our justice system for the past 30 years. It was New Labour’s punitive posturing that drove up the prison population by 40% between 1997 and 2010"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sentencing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LabourRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourRight</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reform</span></a></p><p>Labour’s populist pantomime over sentencing rules plays into the hands of the right | Janey Starling | The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/01/labour-prison-reform-justice-system?CMP=GTUK_email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/apr/01/labour-prison-reform-justice-system?CMP=GTUK_email</span></a></p>
penwing (they/them)<p>Yup... This bullshit is back again...</p><p>Apparently, former human rights lawyer, Starmer is "disappointed" the Sentencing Council won't change their guidelines - presumably because it demonstrates you don't have to cave to every right wing attack and demonisation project which would severely undermine him...</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sentencing</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p>💢 Prejudice against victims can result in reduced sentences for rape</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-prejudice-victims-result-sentences-rape.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-prejudic</span><span class="invisible">e-victims-result-sentences-rape.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sentencing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prejudice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criminaljustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminaljustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sexualassault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexualassault</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>I'm slightly surprised the offender didn't get a whole life order in this case (3 <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/murders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murders</span></a> using an illegally obtained <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/firearm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firearm</span></a>) even though he was young, but he will remain in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> for longer than I am likely to be alive!</p><p>I still think there's an anomaly with <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sentencing</span></a> for <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a> in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> / <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> - those who target people known to them seem to get get shorter <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/sentences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sentences</span></a> than those who attack strangers </p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Luton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luton</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-03-19/triple-killer-who-planned-school-shooting-jailed-for-49-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">itv.com/news/anglia/2025-03-19</span><span class="invisible">/triple-killer-who-planned-school-shooting-jailed-for-49-years</span></a></p>
penwing (they/them)<p>quelle surprise! the Inequalities and Human Rights Commission has waded in on the side of idiocy...</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sentencing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a></p>
penwing (they/them)<p>They've gone back to this "two-tier sentencing" faux outrage and they're keeping the utter garbage of it going because they're absolute bloody fools (at what point do they slip over into just outright fascism?)</p><p>Only on Guardian Live blog at the moment - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/11/angela-rayner-planning-reform-farmers-keir-starmer-uk-politics-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-67d00ef38f08e08d028c95b9#block-67d00ef38f08e08d028c95b9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/live/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/11/angela-rayner-planning-reform-farmers-keir-starmer-uk-politics-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-67d00ef38f08e08d028c95b9#block-67d00ef38f08e08d028c95b9</span></a>) </p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sentencing</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>I have waited until the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Court</span></a> case and sentencing was finished before commenting on this (a legal requirement, you can get in a whole heap of trouble for not complying with it), but throughout I had suspected the defendant had a previous history of fighting and violence (disclosed in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sentencing</span></a>, its not always disclosed to the jury during the case), as well as long term <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a> use (which can lead to impulsive behaviour) <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Darlington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darlington</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04nkdng2xro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04nkd</span><span class="invisible">ng2xro</span></a></p>
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