Views sought on draft sentencing guidelines for rape offences - Scotland

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The Scottish Sentencing Council is seeking views on draft sentencing guidelines for rape offences.

A public consultation on the proposed guidelines launches today and people from all backgrounds, legal or otherwise, are being urged to offer their views to help ensure that the guidelines are fit for purpose.

The consultation will run for 12 weeks and is available on the Council website.

Full details https://www.scottishsentencingcouncil.org.uk/news-and-media/news/views-sought-on-draft-sentencing-guidelines-for-rape-offences

NB This is Scotland!

A small note that the consultation is about 2 guidelines.

The Scottish Sentencing Council is preparing two guidelines on offences of rape. The first is on rape, and the second is on rape of a young child. We believe that these guidelines will bring benefits to the courts, to those involved in such cases, and to the wider public.

https://consultations.scottishsentencingcouncil.org.uk/ssc/rape-sentencing-june24/

(Ignore the date in the URL. The consultation opened July 25.)