Increase the maximum sentences for historical child abuse cases
Currently, we think the law fails survivors of historical child abuse We are calling for new maximum sentence that apply to historical child abuse cases prosecuted under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
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