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Criminal Justice Act

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1948–2003Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1948

James Chuter Ede1948

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Criminal Justice Act 1948 reforms sentencing and abolishes penal servitude

1967

Roy Harris Jenkins1967

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Oversees major criminal justice reforms affecting sentencing and jury verdicts.

2003

Tony Blair2003

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Criminal Justice Act 2003 reforms sentencing, evidence, and criminal procedure

Names involved

James Chuter EdeRoy Harris JenkinsTony Blair

Provenance

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