TY - JOUR
T1 - Is Murder ‘Most Foul’?
T2 - R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex P. Anderson R v Lichniak; R v Pyrah
AU - Gale, Christopher
AU - James, Annabelle
PY - 2003/4/1
Y1 - 2003/4/1
N2 - Over the past few years, concerns have been raised as to the role of the Home Secretary in tariff fixing and extending for life-sentence prisoners. The Home Secretary's powers have now been taken away in all circumstances save for that of the sane adult murderer. 1 The aim of this Comment is therefore to discuss whether murder really is 'most foul', both with regard to the Home Secretary's tariff-fixing powers and the special status of the offence of murder itself in its attraction of a mandatory life sentence, taking into account the recent House of Lords' decisions in Ex p. Anderson' and R v Lichniak; R v Pyrah
AB - Over the past few years, concerns have been raised as to the role of the Home Secretary in tariff fixing and extending for life-sentence prisoners. The Home Secretary's powers have now been taken away in all circumstances save for that of the sane adult murderer. 1 The aim of this Comment is therefore to discuss whether murder really is 'most foul', both with regard to the Home Secretary's tariff-fixing powers and the special status of the offence of murder itself in its attraction of a mandatory life sentence, taking into account the recent House of Lords' decisions in Ex p. Anderson' and R v Lichniak; R v Pyrah
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002201830306700206
U2 - 10.1177/002201830306700206
DO - 10.1177/002201830306700206
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 0022-0183
VL - 67
SP - 130
EP - 138
JO - The Journal of Criminal Law
JF - The Journal of Criminal Law
IS - 2
ER -