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Sentencing Council Submission to Sentencing Review 2024-25
Today we submitted the Sentencing Council’s evidence in response to the call for evidence issued by the Independent Sentencing Review 2024-2025. Led by the Rt ...
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PUBLICATION – Corporate reports –
Sentencing Council Submission to Sentencing Review 2024-25
The Independent Sentencing Review 2024-25 was set up to make a comprehensive re-evaluation of the sentencing framework of England and Wales. The independent review panel, chaired by former Justice Secretary, the Rt Hon David Gauke, is expected to submit its findings in Spring 2025.
OFFENCES
Strangulation or suffocation / Racially or religiously aggravated strangulation or suffocation
Strangulation, Serious Crime Act 2015 (section 75A(1)(a))
Suffocation, Serious Crime Act 2015 (section 75A(1)(b))
Racially or religiously aggravated offences, Crime and Disorder Act 1998 ...
MCSG UPDATES –
Revisions and corrections to Sentencing Council digital guidelines
Minor revisions and corrections log: 11 December 2024 Sentencing Council policy on making changes to digital guidelines
The Sentencing Council has established a process for recording minor ...
ARTICLES AND BLOG POSTS –
Understanding strangulation and suffocation
Strangulation or suffocation was established as a specific offence under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. It was introduced, along with its racially or religiously motivated ...
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
Strangulation and suffocation offences: response to consultation
A summary of the responses received to the consultation paper on strangulation and suffocation offences.
NEWS –
New sentencing guideline for strangulation and suffocation offences
The Council has today published a new guideline for judges and magistrates sentencing strangulation and suffocation offences in England and Wales. We have also published ...
MCSG UPDATES –
New guidelines on strangulation and suffocation offences – 1 January 2025
Definitive sentencing guidelines for the sentencing of strangulation and suffocation offences were published on 17 December 2024 and the online sentencing guidelines now contains these ...
PRESS RELEASES –
New Sentencing Council sentencing guideline for strangulation and suffocation offences
The independent Sentencing Council has today published a new guideline for judges and magistrates sentencing strangulation and suffocation offences in England and Wales.
The offence of ...
PUBLICATION – Resource assessment –
Strangulation and suffocation offences: Final resource assessment
A resource assessment for the definitive guidelines for strangulation and suffocation offences.