More than half a million serial criminals have been let off with repeated cautions, new figures indicate. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor Tens of thousands of the offenders have been given four or more formal warnings... [read full story]
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BRITAIN’S most senior police officer has launched an outspoken attack on Labour’s justice system, saying violent criminals are being let off with an “uncontrollable” increase in cautions and fixed penalties.
Not necessarily. In fact, in England and Wales half of all criminal cases brought to justice these days are punished out of court by way of cautions, warnings and fines. Hate mail The result, he said, is that people simply...
THESE are the battered faces that shame justice - by proving it has gone soft on thugs. In every case the victim was savagely beaten, bottled or even bitten. But each attacker was let off with a slap on the wrist. A TV probe to...
Nov 5 2009 by Mark Cowan, Birmingham Mail LAWYERS in Birmingham have called for a review over the way police cautions are dished out amid claims that too many criminals are escaping with a slap on the wrist. The Birmingham Law...
