The Scottish Sentencing Council’s new sentencing guidelines on rape offences come into effect today. The two new guidelines, which cover offences of rape and rape of a young child under the age of 13, ...
NEW sentencing guidelines for rape offences come into effect in Scotland on Tuesday. The guidelines recommend a jail sentence ...
Convicted rapists will be handed a set range of years' imprisonment, with all options set at long-term custodial sentences.
As Scotland grapples with overcrowded prisons by introducing another wave of emergency early releases, the country’s authorities have increased sentence lengths for one particular group of ...
The Compass Centre said it hoped the clearer guidance for judges would help increase consistency in sentencing and improve public understanding.
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