Sentencing

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The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal against sentence by an individual who was only 14 years of age when he murdered a mother-of-two at the International Financial Services Centre in 2021. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley determined: “A sentencing

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The Supreme Court has handed down two significant rulings concerning the sentencing and anonymity of young offenders. Ms Justice Iseult O'Malley gave the judgments in the separate cases of DPP v CC & anor [2025] IESC 11 and DPP v PB [2025] IESC 12 yesterday.

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The body responsible for advising judges on criminal sentences in England and Wales has pushed back against the justice secretary’s call to scrap new guidance on sentencing offenders from minority groups. The Sentencing Council said that ministers from both major parties or their representativ

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Research on sentencing in domestic violence cases before the District Court and a report on the use of community-based sanctions have been published by the Judicial Council. The publication of the reports is a milestone for the Judicial Council's sentencing guidelines and information committee, whic

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Community service orders (CSOs) are not succeeding in providing an alternative to short prison sentences, according to new research published by the Department of Justice. Dr Niamh Maguire of South East Technological University (SETU) and Professor Nicola Carr of the University of Nottingham were co

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Legislation dis-applying the mandatory life sentence for a child who commits murder but turns 18 years old before sentencing has been signed into law. The Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2024 was fast-tracked through the Oireachtas in response to a High Court ruling which found that the existing mu

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Maximum prison sentences for various knife-related offences have been increased with effect from today. A commencement order has given effect to Part 9 of the Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024, which amends the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1

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The government has been quizzed on plans that will see murderers who turn 18 after the offence but before sentencing dealt with under common law instead of statute. The Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024 provides that a child who commits murder but turns 18 years old before sentencing will no lo

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A child who commits murder but turns 18 years old before sentencing will no longer face a mandatory life sentence under proposed new legislation. The government is bringing forward the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024 in response to a High Court ruling which found that the current statutory se

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The High Court has determined that the statutory sentencing regime which distinguishes between children who are sentenced for murder prior to turning 18 and those who are adults by the time of sentencing is unconstitutional. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simons stated th

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Legislation requiring life sentences to be imposed on convicted murderers who are children at the time of the offence but turn 18 before their sentencing is unconstitutional, the High Court has ruled. In a judgment handed down yesterday, Mr Justice Garrett Simons said the "legitimate legislative pur

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