18 h. ago How violent attack victim has helped bring more than 1,300 criminals to justice

Lois Gibson holds a Guinness World Record for the number of criminals brought to justice as a result of her work. By the time she retired her work had led to 1,313 criminals being identified

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43 h. ago Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show

Pair devised responses to public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history, his treatment by the justice system, and his friendships with powerful people Hundreds of texts over almost a year show Maga influencer Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein workshopping legal and media strategies to protect Epstein from the legal and publicity quagmire that enveloped him in the last year of his life.The texts, released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, show that as early as June 2018, the pair were devising responses to the gathering storm of public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history, his favorable treatment by the justice system, and his friendships with powerful figures in business, politics, and academia. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago BREAKING: Exact number of prisoners released by mistake confirmed

Justice Secretary David Lammy will give a statement to MPs in the House of Commons after the Ministry of Justice confirmed that 91 criminals have been freed in error since April 1

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6 d. ago Justice officials accidentally release plans to spend tens of millions moving women criminals out of prison

Documents accidentally released by the Ministry of Justice outline a scheme - which would cost an initial £68million and then a further £47million a year - to 'divert' women offenders out of jail.

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1 week ago Probation Service being 'set up to fail' under Labour soft justice bill, warn Lords

The Probation Service is being 'set up to fail' under Labour's soft justice bill raising fears about monitoring of violent criminals set loose on the streets, Lords warned today.

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1 week ago Crisis after two prisoners released from same jail as David Lammy voices fury

Justice Secretary David Lammy voiced his fury after it emerged criminals Brahim Kaddour-Cherif and William Smith had both been released from HMP Wandsworth - just days after the Hadush Kebatu scandal

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1 week ago Stop and search powers introduced in Edinburgh after years of Bonfire Night chaos

Cops will be implementing Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which also allows for the removal of any items believed to be used to conceal a person's identity.

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2 w. ago Locked Up: The criminals justice caught up with in October and what happened to them

Here are the faces of the criminals who have been jailed for the most serious crimes in Wales in the past month

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2 w. ago Labour frees 38,000 criminals early under controversial soft justice scheme

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show 38,042 offenders were let out of prison under the scheme between its launch in September 2024 and the end of June.

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2 w. ago Attorney general hits out at ‘disgraceful allegations’ made towards PM in China spy case

Lord Hermer also said that he is ‘extremely concerned’ about the impact the case may have had about the public’s trust in the UK’s national security and criminal justice systems

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2 w. ago Jared Kushner is back – and so are big questions about his financial ties | Mohamad Bazzi

Kushner’s investment firm is backed by three Arab petrostates critical to the Gaza agreement. And the deals keep comingIn Donald Trump’s first term, his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner was omnipresent. He worked on criminal justice reform, Covid-19 vaccine development and modernizing technology across federal agencies. His portfolio extended to foreign policy, as he brokered a new North American trade agreement and negotiated peace deals in the Middle East. But when Trump returned to the White House in January, Kushner stayed out of the limelight and declined to take a formal role in the administration.A few weeks ago, Kushner re-emerged as a central player behind Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, which so far has achieved a ceasefire, an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territory. Kushner took a victory lap, as Trump and others in the US administration gave him significant credit for helping negotiate ...

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2 w. ago Prisons crisis means serious criminals will be mistakenly released again, experts warn

Errors such as accidental release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, are symptomatic of ‘chaos’ in criminal justice system

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2 w. ago Accidental release of migrant sex offender is sign of a ‘broken’ justice system, minister says

Steve Reed called for criminal justice system to be ‘rebuilt from bottom up’ after mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl

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2 w. ago Accidental release of migrant sex offender is sign of ‘broken’ justice system, minister says

Steve Reed called for criminal justice system to be ‘rebuilt from bottom up’ after mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl

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3 w. ago Plans to 'name and shame' people on community service savaged in letter to David Lammy

Plans to name and shame people on Community Payback schemes could do 'severe and long-lasting damage' to children with parents in the criminal justice system, experts warn today.

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3 w. ago Grandchildren of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, seek posthumous pardon

The family of Ruth Ellis, from Rhyl, said she was a victim of domestic abuse that was let down by the criminal justice system and the impact of her execution had been 'devastating for her family'

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3 w. ago London Underground posters call on the UK Government to stop seafood ‘criminal catches’

London Underground posters call on the UK Government to stop seafood ‘criminal catches’  Environmental Justice Foundation

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3 w. ago Serial offender who knifed Scots dad to death outside club had been given ‘last chance’ by sheriff to turn life around

SERIAL violent offender Brandon McLachlan was on bail for an alleged knife attack when he killed joiner Jamie Lucas - despite previously being given a ‘last chance’ by a sheriff to turn his life around. The handling of his lengthy criminal record again casts a shadow over Scotland’s soft-touch justice system. The knife thug, 22,...

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