Criminal Law News Archive - 2017
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14th August 2017

A new consultation which looks to simplify sentencing law has been launched by the Law Commission. The project was set up in 2015, and having gone through the initiation and pre-consultation stages, the Law Commission launched the official consultation stage of the project on 27 July 2017. It is open until 26 January 2018. This will allow... 





[](https://vardags.com/1)[### Outrage continues as Russia's bill to soften domestic violence laws approaches second reading](https://vardags.com/1)20th January 2017

Women's rights groups are protesting against Russia's recent move to decriminalise domestic violence. The bill breezed through its first reading with 386 votes to 1 and is due to return for its second of three readings in the Duma next week before it passes to parliament's upper house. Under the new 'slapping... [READ MORE](https://vardags.com/1)