id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_jshe4ovg3zcvpajbhqkdjlhloa Abenaa Owusu-Bempah Prosecuting hate crime: procedural issues and the future of the aggravated offences 2015 30 .pdf application/pdf 11710 738 59 Prosecuting Hate Crime: Procedural issues and the future of the aggravated offences Commission examined the case for extending the racially and religiously aggravated offences in the 1998 As originally enacted, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 included only racially aggravated offences. Law Commission Hate Crime: The Case for Extending the Existing Offences – A Consultation Paper The racially and religiously aggravated offences carry higher maximum sentences than their basic offence evidence of racial or religious hostility, then the aggravated offence should be charged. Law Commission Hate Crime: The Case for Extending the Existing Offences Appendix C Impact Assessment Law Commission Hate Crime: The Case for Extending the Existing Offences Appendix C Impact Assessment hearing at the Crown Court, the CPS can decide to downgrade the aggravated charge to the basic offence, made clear that a defendant should not be convicted of both an aggravated and basic offence, where the convictions of racially and religiously aggravated offences. ./cache/work_jshe4ovg3zcvpajbhqkdjlhloa.pdf ./txt/work_jshe4ovg3zcvpajbhqkdjlhloa.txt