Lawyers unhappy with Sentencing Guidelines
Lawyers unhappy with Sentencing Guidelines Left to Right: JUSTICE BRIAN COTTLE , GRANT CONNELL, JOMO THOMAS & KAY BACCHUS BAPTISTE Social Share by Katherine Renton Some defence lawyers are expressing concerns in relation to recent sentencing guidelines put together by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) for judges to follow when sentencing offenders. “I have a serious concern and I think I’m going to have to express it to the Chief Justice [Dame Janice Pereira of the ESCS], with these guidelines that they have sent for judges to follow,” veteran counsel Kay Bacchus-B...