Why have no bankers been arrested?
Three years after the global financial crisis and the virtual implosion of the British banking system, Jon Snow asks why no bankers have yet been prosecuted.
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Three years after the global financial crisis and the virtual implosion of the British banking system, Jon Snow asks why no bankers have yet been prosecuted.
The ban on filming in courts will be overturned to improve public understanding of the justice system, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has announced.
Libya’s rebel commanders may have to resort to an assault to take the Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid after forces loyal to the Colonel remained defiant.
David Cameron promises to look at “significant accusations” made against Britain as a spokesman for Libya’s new leadership claims the UK helped with the “kidnapping” of Gaddafi’s opponents.
The courts’ tough approach to those charged with riots-related offences has caused an increase to the prison population in England and Wales for the third week running.
Out of work criminals will be forced to do a five-day week of hard work, including one day of job hunting, under new proposals for community sentences.
EXCLUSIVE: Prison governors are warned about outbreaks of violence between rioters on remand and serving prisoners as Britain’s jails reach breaking point.
There was tough talk from the Government today, with Housing Minister Grant Shapps backing councils that want to ‘convict and evict’ rioters from social housing. But is the Government’s bark worse than its bite? FactCheck investigates.
A judge has approved a request to extradite Shrien Dewani to South Africa to stand trial over the murder of his wife, as Channel 4 News Correspondent Victoria Macdonald reports.
The chief inspector of prisons says the treatment of inmates at Wandsworth prison is “demeaning, unsafe and below what could be classed as decent”.
Shrien Dewani’s human rights would not be abused if he was extradited to South Africa where the authorities want him to stand trial for the murder of his wife Anni Hindocha.
As the Coalition Government reviews sentencing policy in Britain, Sarah Smith looks at the crisis of over-crowding in California’s jails – and what the state can do about it.
The Justice Secretary is forced to scrap plans to halve sentences for offenders who plead guilty early, as David Cameron confirms there will be no change in the current position on early guilty pleas.
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke’s plans to reform the justice system, including proposals to halve sentences for those who plead guilty early, are set to be shelved.
The claim “It is true that we are thinking of putting up the reduction to a half. It makes an enormous difference to costs, police time and the involvement of unnecessary preparations for trial if everybody leaves guilty pleas to the last possible moment.” Ken Clarke, Justice Secretary, House of Commons debate, May 17, 2011