02 September 2020
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Sentence length, protecting yourself against a burglar in your own home and the cost of the legal aid system are among the most misreported areas of the law by the media, according to research commissioned by The Secret Barrister
The blogger and author, whose second book (Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies) goes on sale this week, also found the media misrepresent human rights, criminal law, immigration, legal aid and Brexit.
Nearly three-quarters of the public think judges are giving increasingly soft sentences whereas the average length of custodial sentences has been increasing year-on-year for more than a decade.
