Re:GDPR: Don't Panic
by merinowool on Friday May 18, 2018 @11:36AM
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Judges don't have to adhere to guidelines as these are only guidelines. I have seen couple of cases where people were punished severely for something rather minor. Only thing you can do is to complaint about the judging.
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English judges do have to adhere to the sentencing council guidelines.
https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/about-us/
> The primary role of the Council is to issue guidelines on sentencing which the courts must follow unless it is in the interests of justice not to do so.
> The Sentencing Council is an independent, non-departmental public body of the Ministry of Justice and replaced the Sentencing Guidelines Council and the Sentencing Advisory Panel in April 2010.