News of judicial leniency towards migrants sparked outrage in the UK last week, as a Pakistani migrant was allowed to stay in the UK after claiming to be gay — despite being convicted of sexual assault for groping a woman.
Essay 3: Judges in revolt over ‘cack-handed’ sentencing guidelines
Essay 2: The news report that minority and trans criminals could avoid jail under new rules
Essay 1: The Guidelines are coming — ‘Special treatment’ under sentencing rules would not require proof
Hard times make bad law. Unpacking the UK sentencing guideline debacle — are there lessons to be learnt?
Winner of 5 executive orders: Judge Paul Geoghegan
Ministers must boost safeguards to protect UK constitution from abuse
Isleworth courts close as case backlog hits record high
Did he really say that?! Donald Trump – In his own words
Critics hit back at Starmer’s ‘attack’ on judicial review
Trump's executive orders
In the UK: Computer evidence under scrutiny in criminal trials
Artificial intelligence triggers frothing excitement in legal circles, but the role of older technology is still being debated. Ministers have unveiled a review of how computer evidence is used in court. After the Post Office Horizon scandal, there are concerns that presumptions about the reliability of technology could lead to future miscarriages of justice.
Private Eye's latest cover: sorry to President Donald Trump
Attention is the new money in American politics.
This is not your grandfather’s attention. It is not a passive thing, an article read or a news report digested. This attention — via smartphones — seizes you. It energises and angers you. It may change your view of life, of politics, of yourself. The algorithm is the message. Gaining any attention wins elections; that’s why the Democrats lost.