Three teenage boys in Hampshire received non-custodial sentences for raping two girls, prompting UK government review of the sentences as potentially "unduly lenient." MP Jess Phillips and police officials criticized the youth rehabilitation orders, saying they send a harmful message despite the defendants' cognitive and behavioral difficulties.
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Three teenage boys in Hampshire received non-custodial sentences for raping two girls, prompting UK government review of the sentences as potentially "unduly lenient." MP Jess Phillips and police officials criticized the youth rehabilitation orders, saying they send a harmful message despite the defendants' cognitive and behavioral difficulties.