Victims and bereaved families to get six months to challenge ‘lenient’ sentences in major justice shake-up

Victims and bereaved families to get six months to challenge ‘lenient’ sentences in major justice shake-up

VICTIMS and bereaved families will be given more time to challenge a sentence if they think a judge was too lenient. Current laws mean they have just 28 days to ­submit a request to review a prison term. But Solicitor General Ellie Reeves told The Sun she is upping the time to six months to...

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