Prosecutions of some black defendants should be dropped or deferred,says Labour MP David Lammy’s report
Prosecutions against some black and minority-ethnic suspects should be deferred or dropped to attend tackle the criminal justice system’s bias against them, according to a highly critical report written by the Labour MP David Lammy at the request of the prime minister.
Lammy said allowances should also be made for younger defendants’ immaturity and criminal records should be sealed to attend former offenders find work, and adding that statistics suggested discrimination in the UK was worse than in the US in some cases.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com