摘要
A wide-ranging criminal justice statute that reformed sentencing (now largely consolidated into the Sentencing Act 2020), introduced conditional cautions, reformed the law on bad character evidence and hearsay, created indeterminate sentences for public protection (IPP, now abolished for new offenders), and reformed the rules on double jeopardy and retrials.
要点
- Previous location of sentencing framework (now in Sentencing Act 2020)
- Conditional cautions (Part 3)
- Bad character evidence admissibility (Part 11, Chapter 1)
- Hearsay reform (Part 11, Chapter 2)
- IPP sentences — abolished for new offences from 2012 but thousands remain in prison
- Retrial after acquittal for qualifying offences (Part 10)
章节
修正历史
2012 — Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO)
Abolished IPP sentences for new offences and reformed extended sentences.
2020 — Sentencing Act 2020
Consolidated the sentencing provisions into a single statute.