CPS publishes new public statements on hate crime
(WorldNews Europe)

21/08/2017 The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has today (21 August) published new public statements on how it will prosecute hate crime and support victims in England and Wales. Amid rising volumes of reports to police, the CPS consulted community groups and criminal justice partners to produce these revised statements, covering the different strands of hate crime: racist and religious; disability; and homophobic, biphobic and transphobic. In addition to the public statements, the CPS has also today published revised legal guidance that sets out how prosecutors should...