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Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill yesterday praised offenders helping to tidy up one of the Highlands’ greatest assets. Mr MacAskill joined a team of minor offenders in Inverness who were helping cut back vegetation along the banks of the Caledonian Cana
CAMPAIGNERS this week renewed their calls for tougher sentences for knife thugs after the Scottish Government’s anti-knives project was rolled out across South Lanarkshire. Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill attended the launch of the hard-hitting No Kniv
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 22: Kenny MacAskill Cabinet Secretary for Justice talks with Derek McGill prison governor during a visit to B Hall in HMP Barlinnie on November 22, 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland. Mr MacAskill met with prison staff who are... View Photo »
The principle of double jeopardy dates back over 800 years, but we now live in a very different world. The law needed to be modernised to ensure that it is fit for the 21st century and I am delighted this day has come.
A HARD-HITTING knife crime campaign which has already been successful in educating young people in Inverclyde and Renfrewshire about the dangers and consequences of carrying knives was launched in Hamilton last week. The announcement follows a pledge by
The fundamental role of police forces will not change under a single service for Scotland, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said yesterday. Speaking at the Grampian Police Service Centre in Aberdeen, he said it was important to recognise that each of th
A new project which will see offenders on community sentences being sent out to fix fallen cemetery headstones has been launched in Aberdeen by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill. Under the initiative, gravestones will be repaired and fallen headstones wi
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 22: A general view of a cell in B Hall at HMP Barlinnie on November 22, 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland. Mr MacAskill met with prison staff who are dealing with the challenges faced with overcrowding. This follows the recent... View Photo »
UNDER the modernistic metal and glass roof of the Scottish Parliament’s garden lobby last week, hired out every week by lobbyists and public bodies for receptions and get-togethers, a very traditional Scottish scene was taking place. The occasion was a r
HERE’S a wee prediction for you. By the time we get to the referendum on Scottish independence, the SNP will have ditched its iconic policy on pulling out of Nato. How do I know this? By paying attention and reading the runes. By my reckoning, at least t
Kenny MacAskill (born 28 April 1958) is a Scottish National Party politician, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh since 2007. Full Article
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 22: Kenny MacAskill Cabinet Secretary for Justice, visits B Hall in HMP Barlinnie on November 22, 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland. Mr MacAskill met with prison staff who are dealing with the challenges faced with overcrowding. This follows the recent publication...
View Photo »Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill (L) is applauded by colleagues after delivering his speech to delegates during the Scottish National Party (SNP) conference in Inverness, Scotland October 21, 2011.
View Photo »Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill delivers his speech to delegates during the Scottish National Party (SNP) conference in Inverness, Scotland October 21, 2011.
View Photo »INVERNESS, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 21: Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Justice addresses the 77th annual Scottish National Party conference at the Eden Court Theatre on October 21, 2011 in Inverness. Alex Salmond and his party have come under pressure to hold a referendum on...
View Photo »EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 07: Kenny MacAskill Justice Secretary (R), listens to Alex Salmond Scotland’s First Minister, announce the government’s legislative programme on September 7, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Salmond is to outline new legislation including bills for economic...
View Photo »EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MARCH 30: Kenny MacAskill, SNP election candidate, visits Spartans Community Football Academy ,during campaigning for the Scottish Parliamentary elections on March 30, 2011 in Edinburgh ,Scotland. The country will go to the polls in the fourth Scottish...
View Photo »GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 22: A general view of a cell in B Hall at HMP Barlinnie on November 22, 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland. Mr MacAskill met with prison staff who are dealing with the challenges faced with overcrowding. This follows the recent publication of the HMIP report on...
View Photo »EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 19: Alex Salmond, Scottish National Party (SNP) leader and Scotland's First Minister stands on the steps of Bute House with his new cabinet (L-R) Kenny MacAskill, Michael Russell, John Swinney, Richard Lockhead, Alex Neil, Bruce Crawford, Fiona Hyslop and...
View Photo »GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 22: Kenny MacAskill Cabinet Secretary for Justice, visits B Hall in HMP Barlinnie on November 22, 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland. Mr MacAskill met with prison staff who are dealing with the challenges faced with overcrowding. This follows the recent publication...
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