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A.Stringer<p>"And now, while the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/criminaljusticesystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminaljusticesystem</span></a> is in flames – record, growing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/courtbacklogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courtbacklogs</span></a>; record delays; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trials</span></a> unable to go ahead for a lack of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> and £barristers; crumbling <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/courtbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courtbuildings</span></a>; overflowing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prisons</span></a>; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chronicunderstaffing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicunderstaffing</span></a> – the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LordChancellor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LordChancellor</span></a> has backed herself into a pointless, idiotic fight in which she may ultimately be forced to dismantle the one part of the system which was quietly and effectively getting on with its job."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sentencingcouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sentencingcouncil</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thesecretbarrister.com/2025/04/02/we-need-to-talk-about-the-sentencing-council/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thesecretbarrister.com/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/02/we-need-to-talk-about-the-sentencing-council/</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Father still trapped in jail 18 years after being given 8-month IPP sentence - for waving a starting pistol | The Independent<br> <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-james-lawrence-torment-b2619658.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim</span><span class="invisible">e/ipp-sentence-james-lawrence-torment-b2619658.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/IPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPP</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/IndefiniteJailTerms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndefiniteJailTerms</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Southampton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Southampton</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/StartingPistol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StartingPistol</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Woodley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodley</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prison</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PrisonService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonService</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/LordChancellor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LordChancellor</span></a></p>
Donald Roy<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DaveWhittle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DaveWhittle</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lordfalconer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lordfalconer</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/La%C9%93our" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laɓour</span></a> former <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lordchancellor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lordchancellor</span></a> has said much the same on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbc</span></a> a few days back.</p>