1: Sentencing
When a defendant is found guilty it is the judge alone who decides what his or her sentence should be. This gives judges enormous power over individual liberty and great influence over public policy towards crime. Yet they rarely discuss how they approach this often controversial task. In the first of six programmes, Hugo Young hears from several judges about their attitudes to sentencing. Their critics also speak. Among those taking part are LORD JUSTICE LAWTON, LORD JUSTICE SHAW, MR JUSTICE DRAKE , MR JUSTICE PAIN, barrister GEOFFREY ROBERTSON , penal reformer MARTIN WRIGHT and CHIEF CONSTABLE JOHN ALDERSON.
Producer ANNE SLOMAN