Magistrates in Cornwall are more than twice as likely to send someone to prison than in other parts of the country, new figures reveal.South West MPs have joined the call for greater equality in the penal system after the "postcode lottery" faced by people who have been convicted of a crime was laid bare yesterday.The figures show that magistrates in Devon and Cornwall imposed custodial sentences in 3.5% of the cases they heard in 2011 – more often than areas such as...
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