UK criminal justice
Prison governor faces jail over relationship with Liverpool drug boss
Kerri Pegg, 42, of HMP Kirkham guilty of misconduct after inmate Anthony Saunderson gave her a Mercedes car
Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
08, Apr, 2025 @6:10 PM
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
Exclusive: Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent
08, Apr, 2025 @5:39 PM
Minority groups have always faced two-tier justice in Britain | Letters
Letters: In response to the suspension of new sentencing rules, Cordella Bart-Stewart highlights the racial disparities that continue to dog the criminal justice system. Plus Francesca Cociani on the real-life consequences of the justice secretary’s culture war on sentencing
08, Apr, 2025 @4:29 PM
Shabana Mahmood: lord chancellor with political nous unafraid to shake up system
Her introduction to politics began as the child of the chair of Birmingham Labour party and as justice secretary she’s made tough decisions from day one
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
06, Apr, 2025 @8:53 PM
The Guardian view on sentencing guidelines: rightwing politicians must not call the tune | Editorial
Editorial: The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, should reject false, inflammatory rhetoric and focus on the real issues
Editorial
06, Apr, 2025 @5:30 PM
What next for climate activism now Just Stop Oil is ‘hanging up the hi-vis’?
After three years, thousands of arrests and a state crackdown on protests, the group is ending direct action after a polarising campaign
Matthew Taylor and Damien Gayle
05, Apr, 2025 @5:00 AM
‘We thought we could change the world’: how an idealistic fight against miscarriages of justice turned sour
When a no-nonsense lecturer set up a radical solution to help free the wrongfully convicted in the UK, he was hopeful he could change the justice system. But what started as a revolution ended in acrimony
Francisco Garcia
03, Apr, 2025 @4:00 AM
MPs’ attacks on judges a huge threat to the rule of law, says attorney general
Richard Hermer has responded to Robert Jenrick’s calls for a senior judge to be sacked over sentencing guidelines row
Eleni Courea Political correspondent
02, Apr, 2025 @5:18 PM
Twenty-three more women contact Met police over serial rapist Zhenhao Zou
London PhD student convicted of 10 rapes may have 60 more victims, force fears
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent
01, Apr, 2025 @11:01 PM
Lawyers attack ‘dangerous’ decision to halt Sentencing Council guidelines
Society of Black Lawyers calls decision to block pre-sentencing reports ‘deliberate step backwards’
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
01, Apr, 2025 @3:39 PM
Labour's populist pantomime over sentencing rules plays into the hands of the right | Janey Starling
Forcing the abandonment of commonsense, evidence-based guidelines is a new low for a party that once prided itself on justice reform, says Janey Starling of campaign group Level Up
Janey Starling
01, Apr, 2025 @12:14 PM
Sentencing Council suspends plans for new guidelines amid ‘two-tier’ justice row
Guidelines could have led to criminals in England and Wales getting different sentences depending on their age, sex and ethnicity
Jessica Elgot
31, Mar, 2025 @4:06 PM
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