Attached is the NAYJ response to "Making Sentencing Clearer".

From the www.crimereduction.gov.uk website:

"This consultation is part of the wider debate associated with the rebalancing of the Criminal Justice System in favour of the law abiding citizen.

To expand and seek views on proposals first made in the paper "Rebalancing the criminal justice system in favour of the law-abiding majority - Cutting crime, reducing re-offending and protecting the public".

There has been significant progress over recent years in developing the legal framework that provides sentencers with a range of sentences that can be tailored to an individual offender. This document seeks views on how to go further and make sentencing clearer for the public and those who come into contact with the criminal justice system, whether they are a victim, witness or defendant.