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Government to cite report in renewal of controversial Special Criminal Court

THE Jamaican Bar Association (JamBar) has sided with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in its recommendation that a minimum mandatory sentence for murder should not be imposed on child o...

A woman jailed for more than two years for taking abortion pills when she was between 32 and 34 weeks pregnant has had her appeal application rejected.

Judges and magistrates have been told by the Sentencing Council that they should use section 35 of the Offences Against the Person Act of 1861 to prosecute e-scooter riders.

Carla Foster has been handed a 28-month sentence. Mike Macnair warns that this is part of a wider Tory culture-war offensive designed to rally the right

While the majority seek a replacement, more regulated non-jury court, the minority review claims the style of court is “constitutionally inappropriate”.

LEGISLATORS on Tuesday grappled with the United Nations Children's Fund's (UNICEF) proposal to rehabilitate child murderers instead of sentencing them to the minimum 20-year period of imprisonmen...

Carla Fosters case sparked widespread controversy when she was jailed for more than two years earlier this month for taking pills which claimed the life of stillborn Lily.

Non-jury courts which deal with the country’s most dangerous criminals must remain a central part of our justice system, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Most members of an independent review group recommended replacing the Special Criminal Court with a new court with more safeguards and transparency.