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Judges handed more powers to punish killers absent from sentencing hearing
The measures being laid in Parliament build on reforms already in force.

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Judges handed more powers to punish killers absent from sentencing hearing
The measures being laid in Parliament build on reforms already in force.

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Killers who skip sentencing to face solitary confinement or be denied social visits
The new measures aim to push killers to come to court, as threats of more time behind bars are unlikely to deter them

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Killers who skip sentencing to face solitary confinement or be denied social visits
The new measures aim to push killers to come to court, as threats of more time behind bars are unlikely to deter them

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Killers who skip sentencing to face solitary confinement or be denied social visits
The new measures aim to push killers to come to court, as threats of more time behind bars are unlikely to deter them

© PA
