Sentencing

Information about the Law Commission’s work on codifying sentencing procedure can be found here:
https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/sentencing-code/

The Sentencing Council publishes guidelines for judges on both particular types of sentence and general sentencing principles. The Sentencing Council’s website is here:
www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/

The sentencing council’s guideline on burglary offences can be found here:
https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/publications/item/burglary-offences-definitive-guideline/

This is a link to the Sentencing Council’s overarching principles:
https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/overarching-guides/magistrates-court/item/general-guideline-overarching-principles/

The Sentencing Council’s guideline on the appropriate discount in sentence where an offender pleads guilty can be found here:
https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/publications/item/reduction-in-sentence-for-a-guilty-plea-definitive-guideline-2/

Division VII M of the Criminal Practice Directions 2015 sets out the minimum terms to be served by an offender convicted of murder:
https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/rulesmenu-2015

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