31 h. ago Los Angeles DA opposes new trial for Menendez brothers over parents’ deaths

Nathan Hochman casts doubt on sexual abuse claims but declines to say whether he would support resentencingLos Angeles’s new tough-on-crime district attorney made clear on Friday he is taking a much less sympathetic view of Erik and Lyle Menendez’s case, though his office has not yet announced what position it will take on the issue of whether the brothers should be resentenced.Erik, 53, and Lyle, 56, Menendez were found guilty of first-degree murder in the killings of José and Kitty Menendez in 1989, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Crimes in Wales and England have gone down but prisoners have increased

While successive governments have tried to show they were "tough on crime" it has resulted in prisons being on the "brink of collapse", a new report has found

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4 d. ago UK’s prison overcrowding crisis fuelled by ‘tough on crime’ talk, Labour’s new tsar finds

David Gauke, former Conservative justice secretary, has said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee-jerk’ policy response to show government action

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5 d. ago Labour set to jail fewer criminals as report blasts longer prison sentences as a 'knee

An official review of sentencing policy said a 'tough on crime narrative' adopted by successive governments had left the justice system on 'the brink of collapse'.

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5 d. ago UK’s prison overcrowding crisis fuelled by ‘tough on crime’ talk, Labour’s new tzar finds

David Gauke, former Conservative lord chancellor, has said longer jail terms have been a “knee jerk” policy response to show government action

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5 d. ago Prisons crisis: Posturing 'tough on crime' politicians to blame for justice system collapse

David Gauke’s major review of criminal sentencing blames posturing ‘tough on crime’ politicians for the prisons crisis

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5 d. ago Political desperation to be seen as 'tough on crime' left justice system on its knees

A damning new report found governments focused too heavily on handing out tough sentences rather than looking for ways of stopping criminals from commiting more crimes

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5 d. ago Political drive to look ‘tough on crime’ behind prison capacity crisis – report

The Independent Sentencing Review said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee jerk’ policy response which has led to an overwhelmed system.

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