Sue Carr
Coverage of Sue Carr in the Nexus archive.
- UK teen rapists get detention after outrage at lenient sentences
Two UK teenagers convicted of rape received four-year youth detention sentences after public backlash against initially lenient noncustodial orders. The appeals court ruled the original sentences unduly lenient, prompting a change to custodial terms, which the victims' families and a French rape survivor welcomed as a step toward justice.
- ‘A fantasy’: How the Palestine Action ruling whitewashed the history of civil disobedience
The UK Court of Appeal upheld the government's ban on Palestine Action, dismissing its claim as a civil disobedience group akin to the suffragettes. The ruling highlighted the group's covert operations and property damage, contrasting with historical accounts of the militant Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), which also used secret cells and violent tactics during its suffrage campaign.
- David Lammy chairs first meeting of board set up to improve diversity among judiciary
David Lammy, England and Wales' first black lord chancellor, and Sue Carr, the lady chief justice, have established a new judicial and legal diversity board to accelerate recruitment of minority ethnic and working-class candidates into the judiciary. The board's formation follows criticism that Lammy's plan to reduce jury trials could increase racial and class bias in the legal system.