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Expert rubbishes Scottish media claim 'SNP want to ban short prison terms'

Former justice secretary Angela Constance (left) and Justice Secretary Neil Gray (Image: PA)

AN expert has called out an “inaccurate” Scottish media claim that the SNP “wants to ban all prison sentences of less than five years”.

Dr Hannah Graham, a criminology academic at the University of Stirling, spoke out after a report in the Scottish Sun said that SNP ministers “want to ban all prison sentences of less than five years” and are “set to speak to the UK Government about amending the law”.

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