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17.03.2022 - 16:49 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Nicola Sturgeon has accused the Scottish Tories of "hypocrisy" over their stance on early release of prisoners across the country.
The SNP leader faced stiff questioning on the prison service from Shadow Justice Secretary Jamie Greene, who stood in for Douglas Ross who fell ill before First Minister's Questions.
Greene, member for West Scotland, used his questions in the chamber to probe Sturgeon on the issue of early release in prisons in Scotland.
He accused the FM of ignoring justice and saying the system is "stacked against victims".
However, Sturgeon hit back at the Tories accusing them of hypocrisy for voting against a change in the "reformed release arrangements for prisoners serving long term sentences" back in 2016.
Greene asked Sturgeon: "The First Minister says she doesn’t have a view on this today, but she used to have one.
"In 2015, she said, 'Our objective remains to end the policy of automatic early release as soon as we are able to'.
"So what’s changed?"
"The system that the First Minister now presides over is stacked against victims from the very start. They can’t even get their case heard in court in the first place."
"We now have the worst court backlog on record. It is now sitting at over 43,000 trials scheduled in Scotland, which the Scottish Court and Tribunal Service say may not be cleared until 2026.
"Covid has made this worse - but there were tens of thousands of court cases awaiting trial before the pandemic began, so it can't be used as an excuse.
" First Minister, is justice for the victims of crime even a priority for this government anymore?"
In response, Sturgeon said: "We are investing in a recovery fund investing more than £50 million to tackle the backlog caused by covid.
"We'll continue to
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