What do you know about the Scottish Justice System? Many ordinary folk assume that as its name suggests, it is about obtaining justice. However if it touches your own life, people soon realise that the Scottish Government, through the Cabinet Secretary For Justice and the Justice Directorate, have extensive powers and primary responsibility for the …
Brian Nugent, Sovereignty Shetland candidate, asked, “What are the SNP hiding? They are being taken to court by the Scottish Information Commissioner who is asking them ‘to comply with the law not to break the law’”.[1] He continued, this is the first time this has ever happened. Have the SNP been in power so long …
At Sovereignty, we are committed to a justice system that punishes serious crimes effectively, protects victims and the public, and upholds Scotland’s core principles of fairness and human rights. Orders for Lifelong Restriction (OLRs), introduced in 2006, are indeterminate sentences imposed by the High Court. Critics, including campaign groups, argue that OLRs are applied arbitrarily—sometimes …