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The Sentencing Council's tone-deaf response to ‘two-tier justice’ criticism

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Sentencing Council has doubled down on its new guidance to judges.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood challenged the Council ’s apparent embrace of two -tier justice.

Council told judges to order a pre-sentence report if an offender is from a minority background.

Lord Justice William Davis said ministers could not dictate’ sentencing.

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