Sentencing Act 2026

The new justice secretary, Alex Cross, comes up with the sort of the unlawful killing fudge, if you like.

But it's decided that anyone who's convicted of manslaughter will not be released under the Sentencing Act 2026, even though if you're a domestic abuser...

You are allowed out.

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The way domestic abuse will be identified and recorded within the criminal justice system is changing.

A new judicial finding of domestic abuse has been introduced through the Sentencing Act 2026.

Where an offense has involved domestic abuse, as defined by the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, this can now be formally recorded by the court at the point of sentencing.

Now, it's more than a note that remains on a court file because the domestic abuse flag will be shared with relevant agencies and visible across police, probation, and prison, prison digital systems.