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Lord Carloway, the Lord President, spoke yesterday of the Council’s role in sentencing when he delivered the speech, 'Imprisonment in Scotland: towards a penological post-modernism’ to the Scottish Universities Insight Institute.

A new series of four introductory videos has been added to our website. The videos explain how judges decide sentences and what sentences are available in Scotland.

The Council has brought together comprehensive and easy to read information on sentencing practice in a bid to demystify the sentencing process in Scotland.

Read our latest blog on the Alcohol Problem Court launched last year at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Lady Dorrian QC has been appointed as the new Lord Justice Clerk which, by virtue of the office, makes her the new Chair of the Council.