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New guidance for sentencing black juveniles

Judges are to receive new guidelines which means they will have consider whether black and minority criminals under the age of 18 have suffered discrimination before they pass sentence. The Sentencing Council for England and Wales says offending may be partly a product of discrimination and "negative experiences of authority". The Head of the Society of Black Lawyers is Peter Herbert and he speaks about the new guidance in the following interview with UK Black's Devon Daley

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