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Offenders to be allowed earlier clean slate
Ministers consult on shorter statutory rehabilitation periods
Community Justice Bill goes out to views at stage 1
Justice Committee calls for evidence on proposed service model
Crown Office reveals action against organised criminal shoplifting gangs
200 individuals identified as taking millions
Human Trafficking Bill passes stage 1
Unopposed motion to agree general principles
Courts launch workshop series on evidence and procedure proposals
Programme covers different aspects of Lord Carloway's review
Court has discretion to require evidence on mitigation: appeal judges
Lack of contradiction by Crown not conclusive
Community Justice Bill model aims to tackle reoffending
Local partnerships between agencies at core of planning
Society supports unrestricted civil legal aid in revised paper
New proposals call for exploring of single grant system
Supreme Court offers video archive of hearings
Past year's proceedings available to view
Thousands caught by non-transferable car tax change
Cancelling excise duty on ownership change means "double taxing": AA
Man found guilty of disturbance at Society's office
Aggressive behaviour accompanied by showing picture of gun
Father petitions for court power to review jury acquittals
Verdict after son's death prompts plea against "irrational" decisions
Violent offender jailed for sheriff death threats
Accused threatened to "hunt down and kill" sentencing sheriff
Further funding announced for offender rehabilitation project
Low Moss pilot shows encouraging results in first year
Air Weapons and Licensing Bill backed at stage 1
No votes against but some MSPs abstain
Justice Committee backs Human Trafficking Bill
Stage 1 report supports general principles
Three-way partnership creates Scottish Women's Rights Centre
First advice centre for Scottish survivors of gender-based violence
Ministers abandon corroboration abolition provision
Criminal Justice Bill to go ahead without controversial section
Cashroom employee faces jail for taking £178,000
MMS ledger supervisor ran scheme for making double payments
Society, Faculty greet Bonomy report
Welcome for support for post-corroboration safeguards
Bonomy reports on proposed post-corroboration safeguards
Measures include audio-visual recording of all suspect interviews
Court rejects contention that football sectarian singing law unclear
Accused lose appeal against conviction for singing "Roll of Honour"
Lord Advocate releases draft human trafficking victim guidelines
"Strong presumption against prosecution" where compulsion evident
Prosecution service embarks on customer survey
12 day window to give views on experience of contact