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EPISODE · Feb 10, 2023 · 5 MIN

Is there merit in mandatory sentencing?

from Newstalk Breakfast

Mandatory sentencing “Is a blunt tool to address crime” according to the Irish Penal Reform Trust. The remark comes since questions have been raised over whether there's merit to mandatory sentencing as a teenager was spared jail in Dublin after he was involved in an attack that resulted in a woman having boiling water poured over her. Molly Joyce, The Irish Penal Reform Trust’s Acting Executive Director spoke to Newstalk Breakfast with more on this.

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