From April 1st, Justice Is No Longer Colour-Blind

New sentencing guidelines create a two-tier system that treats offenders differently based on the colour of their skin — and that should alarm us all.

From April 1st, we are no longer living under a justice system that treats everyone equally. That’s not an opinion. That’s the reality created by new guidance from the Sentencing Council — an unelected body that advises judges on how to sentence offenders in England and Wales.

The new rules are simple but deeply troubling: judges are now expected to orde…