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CPS wins praise over disability hate crime efforts

22/02/2012 – 9:00 am

New figures show the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is making good progress in prosecuting disability hate crimes successfully, say disabled activists.
Last year (2010-11), the number of successful convictions for disability hate crime-related offences rose from 483 to 579 across England and Wales.
The proportion of prosecutions that led to a successful disability hate crime conviction also [...]

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CPS barrister to be quizzed over hate crime sentencing failure

29/01/2012 – 9:00 am

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is reviewing a barrister’s decision not to call for stricter sentences for three people who took part in a “degrading” hate crime attack on a disabled man.
The man, who has learning difficulties, was taped to a lamppost in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, by three “friends” and covered with food, paint [...]

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