The hate crime bill could end up criminalising people because of ill-considered abusive comments made at the time of an offence, when in fact hatred did not motivate their offence; also the ‘other genders’ part of the bill needs revisiting
O’Callaghan: Knife-crime law was ‘in cold storage’ for years
McEntee rejects claim, saying committee worked on plan for ‘some time’ NEW legislation will introduce tougher sentences for knife crimes as a ‘preventative measure’, the justice minister has said. Cabinet...
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