“Kier Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has said that a review into child sexual exploitation would focus on the failure to listen to victims rather than the ethnicity of the perpetrators.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The CPS has tried to find ways of assessing the impact it has on improving the safety of the victims in cases of violence against women and girls.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Domestic violence conviction rates are at their highest after a four-year campaign by prosecutors to tackle violence against women and girls, the director of public prosecutions will announce on Monday.”
The Guardian, 22nd July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, will reveal that convictions for rape are now at record levels but it is only the tip of the iceberg. Just ten per cent of victims of serious sexual assault will go to the police, mainly because they do not believe the criminal justice system will help them, he will say.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The number of children in custody has hit a record low five years after the start of a programme designed to limit the use of prison, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Justice today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th July 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Legalising assisted dying does not lead to more people opting to end their lives early, claim academics who have looked at the situation in The Netherlands.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Attorney General’s Office has today released its unduly lenient sentence statistics for 2011. 117 sentences, from 78 cases, were referred to the Court of Appeal by the Law Officers. The Court considered 97 of them were unduly lenient (83%) and 94 sentences were increased (80% of the 117 referred).”
Attorney General’s Office, 5th July 2012
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
Related link: Judicial response to the publication of the Attorney General’s unduly lenient referral statistics
“The Ministry of Justice has published a detailed breakdown of riot cases. See what the data says.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 1,200 people have been jailed for an average of almost 18 months following last summer’s riots, figures showed today.”
The Independent, 28th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police forces are up to 28 times more likely to use stop-and-search powers against black people than white people and may be breaking the law, new research from the official human rights body reveals.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Fewer than one in five solved crimes leads to the offender receiving a conviction in court, it has emerged as new online police maps show how offences were dealt with for the first time.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A record number of offenders sentenced for serious crimes had committed previous offences, according to figures for 2011.”
BBC News, 24th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“England’s most prolific criminal has almost 600 convictions to his name, official figures have disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Abu Qatada deadline debacle has once again thrust the European Court of Human Rights – and in particular, its relationship with the UK – into unwanted controversy just as European representatives gathered in Brighton to debate the Court’s future. This new fracas over the deportation of Abu Qatada has acted as a lightning rod for well-rehearsed criticisms of the Strasbourg Court – that it is a ‘meddling pseudo-judiciary’ and the enforcer of a villains’ charter.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Research released by the Commission at this week’s Brighton conference on the European Court of Human Rights, shows that just a tiny minority of rulings by the Strasbourg Court are against the UK government.”
Equality and Human Rights Commission, 19th April 2012
Source: www.equalityhumanrights.com
Related link: The UK and the European Court of Human Rights (PDF)
“Police have ceased using anti-terrorism stop and search powers, figures from the Home Office show. Between April and September 2011 the powers, which enable police to search anyone for terrorist material in designated areas, were not used once.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Official figures understate the number of people who die in custody after being restrained by police, a BBC investigation has found.”
BBC News, 31st January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The prime minister goes to Strasbourg today arguing for reforms to the ECtHR claiming that it is ‘swamped’ by cases, becoming a ‘small claims court’ and needs urgent reform. Is he right?”
The Guardian, 25th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A new set of court statistics published today supports the case for a comprehensive reform programme across the justice system.”
Ministry of Justice, 12th January 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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