Judicial Council’s recommendations still not published almost five years after establishment, says Róisín Shortall
Delays to the provision of new sentencing guidelines to members of the judiciary has been criticised in the wake of the case in whichsaid new sentencing guidelines expected to be delivered by the Judicial Council had still not been published almost five years after the council was established and the Government did not seem to know when they might arrive.
“But the other thing of course, is in relation to sentencing guidelines. The Judicial Council was established in 2019, five years later, we’re still waiting for sentencing guidelines from that body. And again, the Government is saying, ‘we’re going to find out what’s happening’. Why are they only doing that now?”
“I think it’s worth pointing out that it’s 30 years since Lavinia Kerwick, since that case which was a rape situation and the perpetrator walked free with a suspended sentence,” said Ms Shortall. “Now, what have we learned since then? Why are we waiting so long for this and in relation to the judiciary?
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