Law Change so Offenders Can Be Forced to Attend Sentencing

Law Change so Offenders Can Be Forced to Attend Sentencing
Secretary of State for Justice Alex Chalk leaving Number 10 Downing Street, London, on June 13, 2023. Aaron Chown/PA
Evgenia Filimianova
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Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has vowed to change the law “at the earliest opportunity” to ensure offenders are required to attend their sentencing hearings.

Mr. Chalk took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to make a statement, after Lucy Letby, a 33-year-old nurse, was convicted of the murders of seven infants and the attempted murder of another six.

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