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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Lily Shanagher

Public’s ‘gut instinct’ should count in reviewing criminal cases, says Tice

The British public’s “gut instinct” should count when reviewing criminal cases, Richard Tice said as he proposed a Bill named after Lucy Connolly, who was jailed for social media posts in the wake of the Southport murders.

The deputy leader of Reform UK will be introducing “Lucy’s Bill”, which would allow people to mount mass appeals against punishments they deem to be too severe or lenient.

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