IPP sentences: the fight continues

Barristers describe a back-bench amendment as elegant and legally sound

Fresh attempts will be made during the committee stage of the Victims and Prisoners Bill, which begins today in the House of Lords, to reform what a former Supreme Court justice has rightly described as “the greatest single stain on our criminal justice system”.

The bill was introduced as long ago as March last year, when Dominic Raab was still justice s…