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Judges don't have to adhere to guidelines as these are only guidelines. I have seen couple of cases where people were punished severely for something rather min
by merinowool 8y ago
Judges don't have to adhere to guidelines as these are only guidelines. I have seen couple of cases where people were punished severely for something rather minor. Only thing you can do is to complaint about the judging.
- DanBC 8y agoEnglish judges do have to adhere to the sentencing council guidelines. https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/about-us/ https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/about-us/ > The primary role of the Council is to issue guidelines on sentencing which the courts must follow unless it is in the interests of justice not to do so. > The Sentencing Council is an independent, non-departmental public body of the Ministry of Justice and replaced the Sentencing Guidelines Council and the Sentencing Advisory Panel in April 2010.