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The sentencing row reveals the woke turn of the judiciary
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Sentencing Council for England and Wales has put equality before the law in serious doubt.
Last week it published new sentencing guidelines appearing to favour offenders from ethnic-minority backgrounds.
This would make these offenders less likely to receive a custodial sentence.
Even Labour’s justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood , has taken issue with it.
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