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.@pritipatel is either making up sentencing laws, or has hopelessly misunderstood how the existing law works.

As Danny says, there is no minimum sentence for the offence of assaulting an emergency worker.

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Here’s the video of @pritipatel pledging to double a minimum sentence *that does not exist*.

metro.co.uk/video/priti-pa…
The most charitable interpretation of this fiasco is that the Home Secretary, reading from a prepared document having supposedly been fully briefed, confused the words “maximum” and “minimum”. Which, in criminal law, is about as forgivable as confusing “guilty” and “not guilty”.
While I’m here, I’m also still waiting for Ms Patel to explain why she instructed or permitted her civil servants to try to influence independent judicial proceedings and then publicly lie when I pointed this out:
Sorry, link above doesn’t work. Here is the video: metro.co.uk/video/priti-pa…
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Well this is one in the eye for all the critics. Miss Sandra from the United States has reviewed my work and finds my lawsplaining VERY interesting AND wants to send me some photos. Today is a good news day. Image
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@tomhunt1988 When did you last attend a Crown Court, Tom?
@tomhunt1988 I’d also be interested to know your evidence base for the assertion that length of sentence serves as a deterrent.
@tomhunt1988 Finally, as you’re advertising your expertise, can you tell us more about your plans for ending automatic early release? How does it differ from the recent changes? Are you proposing ending early release for all prisoners? What does research say about the effect on reoffending?
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@MissEllieMae Defund the police? As someone who watches victims of sexual and violent crime failed on a daily basis by a justice system that has been cut through the bone, I can tell you with confidence that this is the stupidest thing anyone has said about criminal justice in a long time.
@MissEllieMae The article you are tweeting gives you the context. In the US, spending on police and prisons has soared at the expense of social programmes. In the UK, the justice budget has been cut more than any other area of public life over the last decade.
@MissEllieMae The police have already been defunded, as have the prisons, the CPS, the courts, Probation, legal aid - every element of criminal justice is in crisis. Police investigations take literally years now, and many viable prosecutions still collapse for - yes - lack of basic resources.
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