Young offenders from black or ethnic minority backgrounds could be given lighter punishments under new sentencing guidelines.
Judges will be told to consider the ‘discrimination and negative experiences of authority’ they may have suffered.
Courts should take into account ‘particular factors which arise in the case of black and minority ethnic children and young people’.
The guidelines appear to be the first ever instructions to courts to treat defendants differently on racial grounds.
Er det sorte dommere. ?
Eller er det de racistiske hvide. ?