''The task force is keen to implement the Lammy review recommendations to reduce disproportionate sentencing outcomes for black communities. Mckenzie told The Voice an assessment on criminal justice reforms will take place in March, with plans to discuss racial bias within the Crown Prosecution Service.'' guardian

[Link]

Can some Eagle please help me translate that into English ?

Edited by PalazioVecchio (04 Feb 2023 7.44pm)

Eze Peasy at Anfield....

I was in the gallery at a Crown Court a young black male got a prison sentence for forging his tax disc (yes a long time ago). An old white male in the next case (similar non violent crime) just go a fine.

Racist? Not really the young black male had a string of violent convictions as part of his rehab he was sent on a computer course which is how he learned to fake his tax disc. The magistrate was not happy that given a opportunity to turn his life around he had used it to progress from street crime to white collar crime.

As for the white male he wasn't violent and didn't have any previous.

Context is everything

One more point

How many judges and magistrates have you had direct experience of?

Or are you just theorising?

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

This is probably in the wrong topic but I wasn't sure where to put it.
Many of the current strikes are politically motivated in my opinion.
Many people are striking but one of the groups - Teachers - really get my goat.
[Link]
These are the Scottish lot admittedly but overall I have no idea why they are striking?
I know a number of Teachers at different levels from Primary to Deputy Heads.
They work hard and sometimes long hours but they also get a lot of time off and to add to that - which never gets mentioned - they get a near 25% pension contribution from us the taxpayer!
That is 10% more than Nurses for example.
So this lot want everything on a plate and cannot see why they shouldn't.
Full pay through furlough, massive pension pots, great holidays but still it isn't enough.
The only ones I would give a proper rise to is the Nurses and clinical staff.
The other 5 million odd should take a hike!
Mods - feel free to point to a different topic and I will move it.

[Link]
Sorry - 23.68% contribution from the employer unless I am reading it incorrectly?
I am not saying that all teachers are left wing - but their strikes are politically motivated by the Unions - so left is what left is!
In any event - I believe in fair pay - I employ people and they earn above average for the work that they do but I am working in the private sector.
If you decide to become a teacher then you know what the pay is and you know what the benefits are.
I feel no pity for them - sorry - nor the majority of public sector workers right now.

I take your point but unfortunately there is a real disconnect now between private and public - maybe more so than ever before (which is saying something).
If you get the benefits to make up for the lower pay then you can't have both.
One Teacher grade gets approx. £25,000 (based on 2020 figures) in England - those in the South don't get more than the North - so those in the North win because the house prices etc are cheaper there.
London fringes, outer and inner get different % pay - for example - Inner London pay on the £25k grade is 25% higher than everywhere else in England - understandably so.
Given the furlough issue - I am pretty sure all PS workers got full pay throughout whether working or not - I would have thought that they might be a little more humble about pay right now - but their Unions won't have any of that!
It is as if it is only the public sector that are suffering - and many of them are not!
I stick with what I say because it has to be a general thing really - I can't see everyone getting different rises this time around.