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Discharges
Discharges are given for the least-serious offences such as very minor thefts.
A discharge means that the person is released from court without any further action. ...
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Discharges are given for the least-serious offences such as very minor thefts.
A discharge means that the person is released from court without any further action. ...
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Children and young people between the ages of 10 and 17 years old are treated differently from adults by the courts. They are usually dealt ...
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Summary of key findings
To support the revision of the Sentencing Council’s Drug Offences guidelines, the Council has commissioned analysis of sentencing data[i] to consider the ...
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If you are charged with an offence, you will usually have to go to court. In some cases you will have the opportunity to plead ...
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If you’ve been a victim of any crime or you have been affected by a crime committed against someone you know, there are a variety ...
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A criminal case can lead to the defendant or defendants:
being convicted of one or more offences: after a trial, or because they pleaded guilty, or being found not ...PAGE
A sentencing hearing is when the judge or magistrates decide what punishment an offender will receive. If a defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty ...
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The way sentencing works can be confusing, and many people are unclear as to why offenders get the sentences they do and how those sentences ...
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Sentencing guidelines help make sure that judges and magistrates in courts across England and Wales take a consistent approach to sentencing.
The Sentencing Code states that ...
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There are many types of sentence that a judge or magistrates can pass. They range from fines, which are given for lower-level offences, up to ...