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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Tue Feb 18, 2014, 06:06 AM Feb 2014

Court of Appeal to give key ruling on whole-life terms

The Court of Appeal is to rule in two cases in which whole-life prison terms are a crucial issue.

A panel of judges will rule on whether a 40-year tariff imposed on murderer Ian McLoughlin was "unduly lenient".

They are also considering whether a whole-life term for murderer Lee Newell was "manifestly excessive".

The ruling comes seven months after the European Court of Human Rights ruled such terms should be reviewed because they breach a prisoner's human rights.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26236225

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dipsydoodle

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1. Court of Appeal upholds principle of whole-life prison terms

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Tue Feb 18, 2014, 11:41 AM

Feb 2014

The Court of Appeal has upheld judges' rights to jail the most serious offenders in England and Wales for the rest of their lives.

The court increased a 40-year tariff on murderer Ian McLoughlin to a whole-life tariff, after his trial judge had said he was unable to pass such a sentence.

It also dismissed an appeal by murderer Lee Newell that his whole-life order had been "manifestly excessive".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26236225

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