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The Legal System Courts, Sentencing and Lay People - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Tries to reform the offenders behaviour so he will not offed in the future (young offenders - community orders/rehab centres)
    - - Tries to alter behaviour of offender so they conform with community norms and not offend in the future
  - - - Individual
        
        Targets defendant - Home Office figures suggest number of people receiving custodial sentences and then re-offend within 2 years is 65%
      - General
        
        Targets public and potential offenders - Rise in football hooliganism = standard sentencing of life imprisonment for riotous assembly outside a football ground - Whitton (London riots and protests)
- - - - Defendant can appeal sentence if they believe its too harsh / unjust - conviction can be 'Quashed'
    - - Prosecution or defence can appeal against a PoL if they think it hasn't been applied correctly
    - - Takes place at Supreme Court - has to have 'leave' (permission) - only cases where a PoL decision must be made and it has public importance will be accepted in
- - - - Rule of Jury established in 1670 in Bushel's case
      - Juries can reach decisions that aren't legally correct (morals of jury)
        Pointing's case
      - Under Contempt of Court Act 1981 any information disclosed by the jury in the deliberation is to be kept in secret - Judge makes their own choice
  - - - R v Mirza
    - - R v Kronlaid
      - Randle and Pottle
    - - R v Karakaya
      - R v Young
    - - R v Taylor and Taylor
    - - R v Twomey (2009)
        KS v R (2010)