Is Murder ‘Most Foul’?: R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex P. Anderson R v Lichniak; R v Pyrah

Christopher Gale; Annabelle James

doi:10.1177/002201830306700206

Is Murder ‘Most Foul’? R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex P. Anderson R v Lichniak; R v Pyrah

Christopher Gale
, Annabelle James

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Abstract

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

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	130-138
Number of pages	9
Journal	The Journal of Criminal Law
Volume	67
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/002201830306700206
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2003
Externally published	Yes

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Is Murder ‘Most Foul’? R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex P. Anderson R v Lichniak; R v Pyrah

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