Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee publishes Sentencing Judgement Guidelines for the General Public
10th January 2022
The Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee has published a short information guide for the public on the core factors influencing sentencing, in the form of bullet points.
The information guide explores the guidelines in place in respect of some sentences, namely: assault manslaughter, rape, defilement, assault causing serious harm, dangerous driving causing death and serious bodily harm, possession of a firearm in suspicious circumstances, possession of child pornography, robbery, burglary, cannabis cultivation, and tax and welfare fraud. The guide provides links to any relevant case law that sets out the sentencing guidelines in respect of each offence discussed.
This work is welcomed by IPRT, and we hope to see the publication of similar guides for the general public. Transparency in sentencing is essential to building trust in the judicial process.
Read Sentencing Judgments Guidance for the General Public on the Judicial Council website here.
Related items:
- Prison overcrowding group to meet after capacity crisis warning
- Continued reliance on ‘single separation' of children at Oberstown detention centre
- IPRT Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights on the fourth Universal Periodic Review of Ireland
- Inmates still earn just 50c for a day's work in Irish prisons
- Round-up: IPRT Report Launch: From Punishment to Prevention: Poverty, Inequality and Pathways into the Irish Criminal Justice System
