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The Ministry of Justice says the government will be appealing the court ruling against the extension of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn’s ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/19/govt-appeal-constitutional-court-ruling-dpps-extension/
Deepfake porn to become a crime in UK in 'first-of-its-kind' law: The amendment to the country’s Criminal Justice Bill will make adults who create ...
euronews.com/next/2024/04/17/creating-deepfake-porn-to-be-made-a-crime-in-uk-under-first-of-its-kind-law
Possible release for whole-life murderer would be ‘national scandal’, victim's family say
itv.com/news/meridian/2024-04-10/possible-release-for-whole-life-murderer-would-be-national-scandal-family-say
280,000 hours of community service work left unfinished by convicts: 280,000 hours of community service left unfinished by convicts is a ten year high in 2023 ...
metro.co.uk/2024/04/08/280-000-hours-community-service-work-left-unfinished-convicts-20602170/
Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman says deepfake was 'incredibly invasive': The Ministry of Justice has announced creating a sexually explicit deepfake image ...
standard.co.uk/news/uk/channel-4-news-cathy-newman-deepfake-pornography-b1151698.html
Creating Deepfake Porn Could Soon Get You Thrown in Jail in the UK: The United Kingdom is stepping up its punitive action against those who want to create or ...
gizmodo.com/creating-deepfake-porn-could-soon-get-you-thrown-in-jai-1851413639
Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says his ministry has not been able to spend funds allocated by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240415/chuck-desperate-justice-ministry-spend-available-funds #GLNRToday
Dozens of prosecutions in South Yorkshire for begging and rough sleeping in past five years
doncasterfreepress.co.uk/business/consumer/cost-of-living/dozens-of-prosecutions-in-south-yorkshire-for-begging-and-rough-sleeping-in-past-five-years-4587203
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Chief Judge rejects requests to pardon murder, kidnap suspects: The CJ, who was accompanied by senior magistrates and other principal officials of the state ...
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Niger CJ frees one inmate, grants four bail: The Chief Judge of Niger State, Halima Abdulmalik, on Tuesday, freed one inmate and granted four bail from the ...
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'Absolutely reckless' to give murderer compassionate release warns victim's family
itv.com/news/meridian/2024-03-28/absolutely-reckless-to-give-murderer-compassionate-release-family-warns
Scheme to free offenders early expanded due to lack of space in prisons: It means prisoners serving sentences of less than four years can be let out of prison ...
news.sky.com/story/scheme-to-free-offenders-early-expanded-due-to-lack-of-space-in-prisons-13092918
‘No evidence’ it will work, risks making gang problem worse: Officials’ scathing analysis of Government proposals
nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/no-evidence-it-will-work-risks-making-gang-problem-worse-officials-scathing-analysis-of-government-proposals/O6FTAGBXDFDFFBYF4WR5J7XJYM/
UK to reverse top court's ruling on litigation funding: Britain will reverse a landmark ruling that threw litigation funding into disarray ...
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SJP: Two thirds of magistrates' cases are now fast-tracked behind closed doors : Lord Chancellor promises reform of under-fire courts process following Standard ...
standard.co.uk/news/uk/single-justice-procedure-magistrates-court-cases-speeding-covid-fines-b1148002.html
British Airways pilot who killed wife with claw hammer loses bid for freedom: Former airline captain Robert Brown, whose sick killing of wife Joanna Simpson was ...
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-airways-pilot-robert-brown-32233217
"If he had at least been locked up for 25 years my sister would still be alive." www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/my-sister-killed-freed-murderer-32264135
Reggae Boyz striker Shamar Nicholson believes the current national senior men’s team has the potential to surpass the historic squad that qualified for the ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/03/11/nicholson-expresses-big-dreams-reggae-boyz/
House of Lords urged to help 'end the torture' of indefinite IPP sentences
news.sky.com/story/house-of-lords-urged-to-help-end-the-torture-of-indefinite-ipp-sentences-13092790
The TV licence fee scandal: why are 1,000 people a week being casually criminalised?
theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/29/tv-licence-fee-scandal-1000-people-week-casually-criminalised
Instagram prison smuggling gang locked out of their accounts: A smuggling gang who flooded prisons with drugs and hidden internet devices have had their ...
hamhigh.co.uk/news/24218208.instagram-prison-smuggling-gang-locked-accounts/
Details behind controversial plans for new ‘super prison’ near Harborough have now been revealed
northamptonchron.co.uk/news/crime/details-behind-controversial-plans-for-new-super-prison-near-harborough-have-now-been-revealed-4570762
Paid articlePaid Inside chilling British Airways killing from prepped grave to dark premonition: ITV documentary, The British Airways Killer, examines what happened to mum-of-two ...
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-airways-killer-robert-brown-32216194
Why the Ministry of Justice must order an inquiry into 'scandal upon a scandal': Greg Wright
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Joanna Simpson's killer Robert Brown 'must stay in prison': The mother of a former York schoolgirl bludgeoned to death by her husband more than 13 years ago has ...
yorkpress.co.uk/news/24152594.joanna-simpsons-killer-robert-brown-must-stay-prison/
Director of the Victim Services Branch in the Ministry of Justice, Dionne Dawn Binns, says a slew of special intervention programmes are available for children ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240327/victim-services-branch-providing-special-intervention-programmes-children #GLNRToday
Heads of justice ministry’s agencies sign performance bond: Heads of different agencies under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice have signed a ...
punchng.com/heads-of-justice-ministrys-agencies-sign-performance-bond/
Arsonist admits setting fire to North Finchley MP Mike Freer's office: Paul Harwood has pleaded guilty to the Christmas Eve fire
standard.co.uk/news/crime/mike-freer-mp-north-finchley-fire-old-bailey-christmas-eve-ministry-of-justice-b1143349.html
Magistrates have called for urgent reforms to be made to fast-track prosecutions in the UK, which campaigners have labelled as “fundamentally unfair” ... Show more www.cityam.com/magistrates-call-for-urgent-reform-to-unfair-fast-track-prosecutions/ #law #magistratescourt #legalnews
FG takes over suspected killers of Imo monarch’s trial: The Federal Government has taken over the prosecution of four suspected killers of the traditional ruler ...
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Foreign trips: FG may save over N5bn quarterly: The Federal Government may save an estimated amount of over N5bn every quarter from the new policy banning ...
punchng.com/foreign-trips-fg-may-save-over-n5bn-quarterly/
Single Justice Procedure: Fresh controversy as pensioner with dementia convicted in secretive court after move to care home
standard.co.uk/news/crime/single-justice-procedure-dvla-pensioner-dementia-conviction-court-b1139840.html
Minister: Magistrates can act on controversial Single Justice Procedure cases: Single Justice Procedure cases have been under the spotlight after a slew of harsh ...
standard.co.uk/news/crime/single-justice-procedure-magistrates-minister-mike-freer-unfair-convictions-b1142751.html
A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman has released a statement, after the news that child murderer Colin Pitchfork is to face a fresh parole hearing ... Show more trib.al/c2XrwTz
Prisoners could be released up to 60 days early to tackle overcrowding in UK prisons, under new government plans www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/prisoners-could-released-up-60-28804366
‘End the misery’: Mum’s fears her son will be sent back to jail for stealing a phone 20 years ago
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/shaun-lloyd-mum-fears-ipp-prison-recall-penal-reform-b2495524.html
Prisoners to be released early because jails are full: Offenders could be let go up to 60 days before their sentence is due to end
walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/prisoners-released-early-because-jails-28799785
A Nigerian app is saving lives by connecting people to pro bono legal services: Gavel is using technology and a network of volunteers to take on a justice system ...
qz.com/nigeria-app-gavel-justice-system-pro-bono-lawyers-1851291252
Paid articlePaid Government doesn’t want you to know how much axing section 27 report funding costs
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Paid articlePaid ‘My abuser only served 11 months in jail after using Covid backlog to argue for a lesser sentence’
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/alice-cross-sexual-abuse-covid-backlog-b2480895.html
A Nigerian app is saving lives by connecting people to pro bono legal services: Gavel is using technology and a network of volunteers to take on a justice system ...
qz.com/nigeria-app-gavel-justice-system-pro-bono-lawyers-1851291252
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Prison population almost 15% higher than capacity: Up to 250 inmates were sleeping on mattresses on the floor as of 1 March.
brusselstimes.com/belgium/949011/prison-population-almost-15-higher-than-capacity
SPECIAL REPORT: Rape victims demand justice as Kano fails to domesticate important laws
premiumtimesng.com/gender/673865-special-report-rape-victims-demand-justice-as-kano-fails-to-domesticate-important-laws.html
Scrapped cultural reports won't save taxpayer dollars - officials: Justice officials warn scrapping legal aid funding for section 27 cultural reports will ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/23/scrapped-cultural-reports-wont-save-taxpayer-dollars/
Criminals gaming the justice system as cases jammed for years in court backlog: Exclusive: The number of suspects pleading guilty at pre-trial stage has ...
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/courts-backlog-delays-criminal-trials-b2473179.html
Economic turmoil will have consequences for policing and criminal justice - Dr Alan Billings
yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/economic-turmoil-will-have-consequences-for-policing-and-criminal-justice-dr-alan-billings-4526793
Paid articlePaid Government urged not to resurrect fees for UK employment tribunals: Unions and workers’ groups say return of fees, scrapped in 2017, will send wrong message to ...
theguardian.com/money/2024/feb/26/employment-tribunal-fees-government-urged-return-unions
Two-thirds of knife crime convictions in the West Midlands are for first-time offenders
expressandstar.com/news/crime/2024/02/21/two-thirds-of-knife-crime-convictions-in-the-west-midlands-are-first-time-offenders/
‘I was in love with weed’ – Inside the government’s plan to keep addicts out of jail
inews.co.uk/news/politics/governments-plan-addicts-jail-2923440
SPECIAL REPORT: SGBV worsens in Kano; victims, advocates proffer solution: A report has revealed that gender-based violence has reached unsettling heights in ...
premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/670588-special-report-sgbv-worsens-in-kano-victims-advocates-proffer-solution.html
LASG warns against false domestic, sexual violence allegations: The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, a sub department of the state Ministry of ...
punchng.com/lasg-warns-against-false-domestic-sexual-violence-allegations/
‘Mega prisons’ in James Cleverly’s constituency ‘unlikely to go ahead’: MoJ proposed building two prisons for more than 3,400 male inmates at Wethersfield in ...
inews.co.uk/news/mega-prison-james-cleverly-braintree-2915964
Kwara seals illegal mortuary : Kwara State Government on Thursday sealed off Omosebi Mortuary Services, an illegal private mortuary located at Gaa Akanbi area ...
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Pressure is mounting on the Government to investigate the controversial single justice procedure as we uncover more cases brought against vulnerable people ... Show more #frontpage www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/single-justice-procedure-fast-track-criticism-lady-carr-alex-chalk-b1138615.html
Robert Badinter, a just man for posterity: The former French justice minister died on Friday. It is salutary to recall his righteousness and intransigence at a ...
lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/02/10/robert-badinter-a-just-man-for-posterity_6511477_23.html
Map shows nearly 1,000 sex offenders living in Surrey - check your area: Figures released by the Ministry of Justice have shown how many registered sex offenders ...
getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/map-shows-nearly-1000-sex-28572766
Fewer crimes committed by children in South Yorkshire: There was a fall in the number of crimes committed by children in South Yorkshire last year ...
doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/crime/fewer-crimes-committed-by-children-in-south-yorkshire-4503234
Paid articlePaid The Ministry of Justice is encouraging Jamaicans to take advantage of the benefits of its Restorative Justice (RJ) programme, which seeks to heal ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240205/jamaicans-urged-take-advantage-restorative-justice-programme #GLNRToday
Stuck in the 'information prison' of the new Māori land portal: The delays caused by the replacement of Māori Land Online are affecting succession to ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/01/stuck-in-the-information-prison-of-the-new-maori-land-portal/
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TB Joshua: Nigeria pastor abuse claims spotlight divisive church leaders: When he was alive, Nigeria's influential pastor TB Joshua had thousands of followers at ...
iol.co.za/news/africa/tb-joshua-nigeria-pastor-abuse-claims-spotlight-divisive-church-leaders-8dcf6efe-1fd9-4a1e-9319-5cb4ebcd7316
Post Office told UK government it would oppose appeals by half of convicted sub-postmasters
ft.com/content/14053ab4-b357-4d58-86b6-845f6d6158b0
UK government set to drop forced mediation plan for separating couples: Proposal for mandatory sessions in England and Wales to cut court delays scrapped after ...
ft.com/content/1ff9a230-d30b-4b43-9ec8-3353586bb0b6
Can you beat a lie detector? UK police increasingly using polygraph tests - here's how people try to cheat
news.sky.com/story/can-you-beat-a-lie-detector-uk-police-increasingly-using-polygraph-tests-heres-how-people-try-to-cheat-13056067
Cost of keeping people in prison on indeterminate IPP sentences tops £1bn since 2012
news.sky.com/story/cost-of-keeping-people-in-prison-on-indeterminate-ipp-sentences-tops-1bn-since-2012-13055324
Post Office scandal live: Sunak 'would support' probe into removing ex-chief's CBE - BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-67910908
Post Office scandal puts private prosecutions in dock: Government has before now rejected tightening system that allows organisations to bring criminal cases on ...
ft.com/content/784cda3c-76ea-47c1-affb-cfd599d1ce67
Could ITV drama Mr Bates Vs The Post Office help the Horizon scandal victims' pursuit of justice?
itv.com/news/2024-01-03/could-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office-help-the-horizon-victims-pursuit-of-justice
Bar too high for urgent protection orders - family court lawyer: A family court lawyer is calling for legislative change, saying court and legal processes are ...
rnz.co.nz/news/national/506808/bar-too-high-for-urgent-protection-orders-family-court-lawyer
Oscar Pistorius released on parole 11 years after murdering girlfriend: Pistorius was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The Paralympian was ...
washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/05/oscar-pistorius-released-parole-reeva-steenkamp-murder/
Quick Glance: Oscar Pistorius Released from Prison After 9 Years for Girlfriend's Murder
- Double-amputee sprinter released from prison over a decade after shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, shocking the world.
- Parole board granted Pistorius' release in November after serving half of his 13-year sentence, according to South African law.
- Pistorius released from Atteridgeville Correctional Centre near Pretoria on Friday morning, subject to parole conditions until 2029.
- Steenkamp's mother expressed her desire for peace following Pistorius' release, stating that justice can never be served if loved ones don't come back.
Lawyer petitions court over letters of administration rules: Lufunya says under the new rules, it becomes practically impossible to administer and distribute ...
newvision.co.ug/articledetails/NV_179178
Violent soldier's victim says delays left him free to attack again: Martin Underwood was given a long sentence last year
cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/violent-soldiers-victim-says-legal-9019871
Mother of murdered James Bulger can 'see some light' now that Jon Venables' parole denied
itv.com/news/granada/2023-12-14/mother-of-james-bulger-can-see-some-light-now-that-venables-parole-denied
FG unveils handbook on citizenship: the Ministry of Interior has disclosed its readiness to transform citizenship management and business administration in ...
punchng.com/fg-unveils-handbook-on-citizenship/
4 chilling debut thrillers to get you through the winter: Spring will be all about the heavy hitters. But this winter brings 4 blazing thrillers well worth your ...
latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2024-01-25/4-chilling-debut-thrillers-to-get-you-through-the-winter
Anger at loss of local justice as RAAC forces permanent closure of Blackpool Magistrates Court
blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/crime/anger-at-loss-of-local-justice-as-raac-forces-permanent-closure-of-blackpool-magistrates-court-4482060
Widow who had nightmares over not being buried with husband put in wrong grave: Myra Taylor, who died in August, had bought a double plot so she could be buried ...
metro.co.uk/2023/12/14/widow-nightmares-not-buried-husband-put-wrong-grave-19973184/
Victims of crime 'let down' by justice system, in 'depressingly familiar' report
news.sky.com/story/victims-of-crime-let-down-by-justice-system-in-depressingly-familiar-report-13033525
There are growing concerns that the lack of jurors to try matters before the St Catherine Circuit Court is hindering justice. Attorneys and their clients ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240116/lack-jurors-hampering-st-catherine-circuit-court #GLNRToday
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