Justice

Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill joined speakers from across all parties at a march and rally in Edinburgh by Scotland United to condemn the bigotry expressed by the Scottish Defence League.

Commenting on proposals to change sentences on knife crime the SNP highlighted Labour’s rejection of these plans when in Government in Scotland and their current rejection of them whilst in government in England.

Scotland is getting safer under the SNP with a new report showing the progress that has been made in the last two years.

New figures show the high death toll from alcohol in health boards and constituencies across Scotland and expose the scale of Scotland’s alcohol problem compared to the rest of the UK.

A flagship SNP manifesto pledge to recruit 1,000 more police officers has been reached early, the Scottish Government revealed today.

The SNP Scottish Government is investing £4 million to step up the fight against drugs and organised crime in Scotland.

The SNP has condemned the response of the Home Office to requests for the transfer of firearm powers to Scotland and for the continued delay over transferring powers over airguns as recommended in the Calman Commission report.

SNP MSP Nigel Don today said he is encouraged by figures showing the retention of DNA on the Scottish DNA database from under 18s is far lower than in England and Wales.

Lothian and Borders Chief Constable David Strang has backed the SNP Government’s plans to replace short jail sentences with effective community punishments.

The SNP Scottish Government today launched new measures to tackle serious and organised crime as £6 million of assets was seized from criminals in the last year.