Tag Archives: Criminal Justice Act

Winterbourne View: Confusion reigns again over hate crime sentencing

09/11/2012 – 10:00 am

The sentencing of 11 former employees of a private hospital for abusing people with learning difficulties has become mired in confusion, with the government unable to say whether the judge treated the offences as disability hate crimes.
The sentencing of the former staff of the Winterbourne View private hospital for people with learning difficulties, near Bristol, [...]

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Government omits hate crime murder measures from sentencing bill

31/07/2011 – 9:00 am

The government has failed to fulfil its pledge to end the glaring disparity between sentences for disability and other hate crime murders.
Someone found guilty of a race hate murder, or one based on hostility to religion or sexuality, faces a “starting tariff” – which could be increased or lowered due to other factors – of [...]

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