A community order handed to a rapist has sparked debate over sentencing guidelines for under-25s.
Ms McIlquham, from Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, said the sentence handed out to the driver who killed her son meant she had "no faith in the justice system".
"Whether my son could have been saved or not, which I doubt very much, he [Buchanan] could have been the only person who could have saved him and he didn't. He drove away."Steven McIlquham, pictured with his mum and sister Erin at Christmas in 2018 The difference when sentencing under 25s was that rehabilitation was a "primary consideration", he said.
"It is a process where society holds up a mirror to the offender and says 'this is what you've done, we are challenging you as to why you have done it and to help you find a better way'."Mr Mackie said he welcomed the new guidelines, which he said demonstrated "Scotland as a nation has accepted the science behind the development of the human brain".
First Minister Humza Yousaf said on Tuesday he was "committed to rehabilitation" but could "understand why people had concern" about the sentence handed to Hogg.
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