Robert Jenrick says new sentencing guidelines have ‘blatant bias against Christians and straight white men’

https://news.sky.com/story/anger-over-two-tier-sentencing-as-justice-secretary-shabana-mahmood-rejects-new-guidelines-13322444

Posted by SoggyWotsits

22 comments

  2. Robert Jenrick says all sorts of inflammatory dog whistle shite.
    While there are issues with new sentencing guidelines, Jenrick is the only one using them to make a leadership bid for Reform UK.

  3. The justice secretary has already pushed back and recommend reversing the change.. So its not just the conversative, its also labour saying no (The proposals were by the Sentencing council who are independent )

    [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg19gx7vl4o](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg19gx7vl4o)

    But guess that made for a less angry headline

  4. Seems like a bad idea. Saying that,

    >Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said she will be registering her “displeasure” and will be recommending the guidance is reversed – however, as the Sentencing Council is independent, she cannot order them to do so.

    >Mr Jenrick told Wilfred Frost on Sky News Breakfast it was evidence of “two-tier justice” and will be “very corrosive to public trust and confidence in the criminal justice system”.

    >”To me, this seems like blatant bias, particularly against Christians, and against straight white men,” he said.

    >”Either this was the policy of the justice secretary – she’s changed her mind, but this was her policy – or she was asleep at the wheel.”

    Some pretty obvious right-wing bias in the reporting. Putting the Tory MP’s opinion in the headline, before revealing that the decision wasn’t the Labour minister’s to make, AND she’s not a fan of it, before quoting the Tory calling her stupid or a liar.

    This is why our country is in the shitter. Right-wing lunatics everywhere.

  5. Robert Jenrick is one step away from a podcast like Joey Barton

  6. They half your sentence if you kiss a boy while burning a bible in the mind Bobby Jenrick.

  7. How can a legal system that should be “blind” and treat everyone the same, start to allow differential sentencing. It will create different sentences for the same crime as a routine. It’s an affront.

    Why are the political elite of this country setting us down this road?

  8. Let’s get this right.

    The independent Sentencing Council proposes that Pre-Sentencing Reports be available to judges on certain characteristics such as “pregnant woman”.

    The judges do not have to take the PSR into consideration while sentencing.

    Justice Minister Shabana Mahmood opposes the Sentencing Council’s proposal.

  9. They’ve actually codified the pussy pass! It’s unbelievable.

  10. Would it be flippant to say that Robert Generic, Christians and straight white men shouldn’t do the crime if they can’t do the time?

  11. The sentencing guidelines come into force on April 1st and are biased against white males. Imagine if it was the other way around?

    The Black Belt Barrister gives a good explanation and also their thinking in applying this.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SzBYBJvqY-o

  12. We need to extra this ridiculous ideological aspect from out legal systems.

    Everyone should be treated equally in the eyes of the law, from rich bastards to people no one normally gives a monkeys about.

  13. They throw you in jail just for saying you are English these days.

  14. The only thing worse than a genuine right wing racist is a spineless dimwit masquerading as one for personal gains.

    A Minister so utterly incompetent that we was fired by professional clown and philandering Worzel Gummage lookalike de Pfeffel Johnson.

  16. Translation: new sentencing guidelines make the system more equal for all.

  17. I don’t get this claim.

    Is it that the white Christians that make up the majority of this country are racist against themselves? For no reason?

    That’s what we are saying?

    I get told I’m racist against myself a lot, but the tories literally abandoned white boys at school for a decade and then show up and say “why do we treat white people worse”

    And then we all fight amongst ourselves AGAIN.

  18. No one has read that article. It doesn’t go into details what any of this means but every commenter is up in arms that now white males are the victims.

  20. That’s why the Government is instructing judges to ignore the guidelines (set by an independent panel). Non story unless you’re simply seeking to sow discord.

  21. Looney right wingers whinging about something that isn’t true…. I’m surprised 😮

  22. “According to the most recent government statistics, since 2018 white defendants are more likely to have a shorter jail sentence than any other ethnic group.” So OK Jenrick, what are your views about THIS “blatant bias”???

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