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