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New mandatory sentences promised — except they won’t be

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Joshua Rozenberg
Nov 24, 2021
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Despite taking the populist approach of naming proposed legislation after a deceased police hero, the government is to be commended for explaining its plans for new “mandatory” sentences on the government website rather than just giving them to a single newspaper. But that was inevitable given that a late amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and C…

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