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Scotland’s first sentencing guideline, setting out the general principles and purposes of sentencing, was approved by the High Court on Tuesday 30 October and came in to force on Monday 26 November.

As the Scottish Sentencing Council advertises for a new advocate member, the current advocate member Stephen O'Rourke speaks about his four years on the council.

When sentences are imposed, those involved in the case – victims, those being sentenced and the families of both can sometimes struggle to fully understand the sentencing process.  So how can this be resolved? John Scott QC, former member of the Scottish Sentencing Council gives his view on how we can demystify sentencing.

The Scottish Sentencing Council held a consultation workshop on the sentencing of young people at the Scottish Youth Parliament’s 70^th National Sitting on 27^th October 2019. Ryan Kelly,  Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYP) for Coatbridge and Chryston, helped to facilitate the workshop gives his thoughts about the event.

Blog post from Dr Rachel McPherson which discusses the recent Scottish Sentencing Council publication on ‘Sentence discounting: Sentencing and plea decision-making’ by Dr Jay Gormley, Dr Rachel McPherson and Professor Cyrus Tata Centre for Law, Crime & Justice, The Law School, University of Strathclyde.