{"id":250443,"date":"2021-06-29T15:30:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=250443"},"modified":"2021-07-30T10:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T04:30:06","slug":"scotland-new-sentencing-guidelines-introduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/06\/29\/scotland-new-sentencing-guidelines-introduced\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland | New sentencing guidelines introduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Scottish Sentencing Council (&#8220;SSC&#8221;) has announced new guidelines setting out the process for all sentencing decisions in Scotland. The guidelines are to be submitted to the High Court for approval. The SSC has developed and published one guideline titled &#8220;Principles and purposes of sentencing&#8221; till date. These new general guidelines are the second and have been a work in progress since the end of 2018. 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