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  1. The federal stalking charges are now heading into a sentencing phase.

    According to TMZ, the sentencing guideline for the guilty plea charges is between 24 and 30 years.

    The judge can give him less OR more time from the guideline.

    So using the lower end of the scale and assume good time credit which takes of 15% Luigi could be looking at 20 years... instead of death or life.

    He'd be around 48 in that version of events if he's lucky.

    #CourtWatch #Luigi #luigimangione #DOJ #Sentencing

  2. Prison without hope or end is psychological torture. Burnham doesn’t need another review to tell him that | Simon Hattenstone
    By Simon Hattenstone

    Political leaders have kicked the can of public protection tariff reform down the road for years – causing hopeless inmates to take their own lives

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Prisonsandprobation #Sentencing #UKcriminaljustice #Law #UKnews #TheGuardian #SimonHattenstone

  3. Justice minister defends early release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers amid possible legal challenge – UK politics live
    By Tom Ambrose

    Jake Richard acknowledges ‘unimaginable pain’ of Harper’s family but says government faces an ‘unenviable position’

    theguardian.com/politics/live/

    #Politics #Prisonsandprobation #UKnews #Society #UKcriminaljustice #Sentencing #TheGuardian #TomAmbrose

  4. Cop assaulter back in custody after police shock at early release from prison
    By Eva Blandis

    A failed senate candidate who assaulted a pregnant police officer is back in custody after she was released on home detention almost a year before she was eligible for parole.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/cor

    #JusticeSystem #Prisons #Police #Sentencing #LawCrimeandJustice #Assault #EvaBlandis

  5. Cairns man jailed for fatally stabbing housemate in fight
    By Christopher Testa

    A court has heard a dispute over loud music at a Far North Queensland share house spiralled into a fight that led to the death of a 57-year-old father of two teenage boys.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-28/ste

    #Sentencing #Courts #ChristopherTesta

  6. Bystanders hailed as 'heroes' after stopping attempted murder on CCTV
    By Samantha Goerling and Callum Liddelow

    A man who "doggedly" tried to kill a woman in a prolonged attack in suburban Perth caught on CCTV has is been jailed for 16 years.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-23/mih

    #Sentencing #Assault #Courts #Crime #SamanthaGoerling #CallumLiddelow

  7. Long-term solutions to the Prison Service crisis | Letters
    By Guardian Staff

    Prof Ian Pickup on prison education, Henry Rossi on resentencing IPP prisoners, Andrew RC McLellan on earlier release and Dr Rod Earle on a lesson from 1930s Red Vienna

    theguardian.com/society/2026/j

    #Prisonsandprobation #AmberRudd #DavidLammy #Sentencing #UKcriminaljustice #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  8. This #Court case from #Wales #UK clearly shows the difference in #sentencing where a #vehicle is used as a weapon to deliberately injure or kill someone following an argument, as opposed to deaths/injuries caused by "normal" road traffic collision (charges are #murder and #GBH with intent rather than causing death / injury by dangerous driving)

    #law #CriminalJustice #driving

    itv.com/news/wales/2026-07-03/