Organisation: Criminal Law Review Group

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Face-to-face identity parades set to change

THE Government isurgently examining ways of ending the practice of forcing victims to come face-to-face with their attackers in identity parades.

Sat, 07 Apr, 2007

McDowell cracks same old whip

IN VIEW of the recent surge in violent crime, Justice Minister Michael McDowell has announced new legislation which he claims is “a comprehensive programme of measures” against “those who have showed a callous disregard for the rule of law”.

Fri, 16 Feb, 2007

McDowell asks group to study sentencing

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell has asked his new expert review group on criminal law to examine the way judges sentence offenders.

Wed, 15 Nov, 2006