The Scottish Sentencing Council was established by the Scottish Ministers on 19 October 2015 under powers granted by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.All sentencing guidelines are submitted to the High Court of Justiciary for approval, and the High Court may approve, amend, or reject the guidelines produced by the Council. SENTENCING GUIDELINES General Principles 1. Aims of Sentencing 2. Seriousness of the Offence: The principles of culpability and harm 3. The Custody Threshold 4. The principle of proportionality 5. The totality principle 6. Concurrent/consecutive sentences 7. The sentencing process 8. Aggravating factors 9. Mitigating factors 10. A. The (Old) Sentencing Guidelines Council and the (New) Sentencing Council In England and Wales, under provisions made by the Criminal Justice Act 2003,14 since March 2004, sentencing guidelines were produced by the Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) after recommendations from the Sentencing Advisory Panel (SAP). It describes the rejection of guidelines in New Zealand, Canada, and Australia, which challenges the values of structured sentencing. Sentencing Guideline Schemes Across the United States Sentencing guidelines are among a number of mechanisms that have been used to address the problem of Refer to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority website for current guidelines. Singapore has very strict drug laws, you would still be hanged by the neck until dead on the next Friday after your sentencing (unless sentenced or your appeal against sentence refused on a Tuesday, Wednesday Sentencing guidelines provide a system for handing down uniform or consistent sentences for similar crimes in various jurisdictions. Created by the United States Sentencing Commission to be incorporated in each state's criminal code, sentencing guidelines help eliminate confusion among judges in determining the proper punishment for a person convicted of a crime. The Sentencing Council has recently release