The sentencing council for England and Wales issues guidelines that are mandatory unless justice is not done by following them. A recent guideline states that a pre-sentencing report will normally be considered necessary if, for example, the defendant is "from an ethnic minority, cultural minority, and/or faith minority community." (Are white Christians such a minority? Asking for a friend.)
This looks like two-tier justice to me, and to many other people. To the extent that a duly elected representative of the people has asked the sentencing council to change its guidelines to eliminate this perception. They have refused.
I'm sure that if the council is moved to dismiss a request from an elected MP, they are not going to pay any attention to me. But if they did, I would ask them the following questions that Mr Anthony Wedgewood Benn (AKA Tony Benn) raised some time ago in the matter of the excercise of power:
1) What power do you have?
2) Where did you get it from?
3) On whose behalf do you exercise it?
4) To whom are you accountable?
5) How can we get rid of you?
4) To whom are you accountable?
5) How can we get rid of you?
2 comments:
Sooner the better (get rid of).
Jenrick seems to have.
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