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Rishi Sunak is reportedly set to announce proposals which would force convicted rapists to serve their full sentence as part of a ‘gear change’ on crime.<\/p>\n
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk was reportedly asked to draw up the proposals and the changes are likely to be included in the King\u2019s Speech in November and feature in a speech in the coming weeks. A national newspaper quotes a Conservative source who said the changes are part of a \u201cgear change\u201d to show \u201cthe real Rishi\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a speech last week, Sunak announced \u201cit was time to address the bigger, longer term questions we face\u201d. And, last month he announced he would look at changing laws so that convicted criminals are compelled to attend sentencing hearings after murderer Lucy Letby did not attend her hearing.<\/p>\n
Read next… <\/strong> Boris blasts Rishi’s reported HS2 plan as ‘height of insanity’<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunak also announced offenders who commit the most heinous murders will face life behind bars with no chance of being released.<\/p>\n Judges would be required to impose the most severe penalty in the UK\u2019s criminal justice system to the most depraved killers, with exceptions only in extremely limited circumstances, reports the Daily Mail. The law change would also make the stiffest penalty a default sentence for sexually motivated murders.<\/p>\n The PM said last month: \u201cI have shared the public\u2019s horror at the cruelty of crimes we have seen recently. People rightly expect that in the most serious cases, there should be a guarantee that life will mean life. They expect honesty in sentencing.<\/p>\n \u201cBy bringing in mandatory whole-life orders for the heinous criminals who commit the most horrific types of murder, we will make sure they never walk free.\u201d<\/p>\n