A Washington County man charged with his 12th DUI has pleaded guilty, the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office said ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood had promised to introduce legislation to block the changes (Ben Whitley/PA) Plans for new sentencing guidelines for offenders from minorities have been delayed ...

Controversial sentencing guidelines that were due to come into force on Tuesday have been delayed after a political backlash. The Sentencing Council, the independent body that sets out sentencing ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said ‘addressing inequalities in the justice system is something this Government takes very seriously’ (Ben Whitley/PA) A law change to block potentially ...

The Government brought forward the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill after new guidelines for judges to consider a criminal’s ethnicity before sentencing prompted claims of a ...

The PA news agency understands that a new Bill will be introduced ... Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick said Ms Mahmood had acted “too little, too late” on the new sentencing guidelines. The ...

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A man accused of crashing into motorcycles while driving drunk in Westmoreland County pleaded guilty in court.

The bipartisan United States Sentencing Commission met on April 11, 2025, and voted unanimously to publish amendments to federal sentencing guidelines for the amendment cycle, which ends on May 1 ...

A law change to block potentially different sentencing approaches for offenders based on their race and religion has cleared its first Commons hurdle. The Government brought forward the Sentencing ...