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The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
If you’re sent to prison for 2 or more crimes, you’ll usually get a…
A suspended prison sentence is served in the community instead of in…
A determinate prison sentence is for a fixed length of time. It includes a…
An indeterminate prison sentence does not have a fixed length of time.…
If you’re found guilty of murder, a court must give you a life sentence. A…
If you’re under 18 you’ll be treated differently to adults by a court. You…
If you are found guilty of a crime, your sentence will depend on a number of factors, including the type, seriousness and circumstances of the crime.
What happens if you're given a community sentence or community service. Find out about Community Payback and the rules of your community sentence.
A violent thug who murdered a man and raped two women as part of a ferocious four-day crime spree has had his sentence increased after it was referred to the Court of Appeal.
Guidance for calculating the release dates of determinate sentences imposed by the courts.
A man who had unlicensed medicines sent to his parents’ address, has been sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to a term of imprisonment, having earlier been found guilty of criminal activity in May. The sentencing follows an investigation by the...
This White Paper sets out the government’s proposals for important changes to the sentencing and release framework in England and Wales.
The number of sentences examined by the Attorney General in 2015 as unduly lenient, including the outcome and details of the cases
Guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (revised 2009).
The government has introduced the Sentencing Bill into Parliament.
The Court of Appeal has increased the sentence of a dangerous sexual predator after it was referred under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
The ‘You be the Judge’ (YBTJ) website aims to show how judges and magistrates decide on the sentences they pass.
How to complain to the Attorney General's Office if you think someone's sentence is too low - and what happens if the Court of Appeal get involved
Expectations and guidance for community based probation practitioners, outlining their professional responsibilities in the supervision of people on probation.
Cowardly domestic abusers will continue to face time behind bars under legislation laid in Parliament today which will also see the most horrific murderers face life behind bars and rapists locked up for longer.
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