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Proceeding contribution from Lord Low of Dalston (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 30 June 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HL) on Coroners and Justice Bill.

Coroners and Justice Bill

Would the noble Baroness accept that she has challenged the amendment with doing far more than it sets out to do? The case that she is making is that the effect of this amendment would be to change the offence and turn it into murder two, as it were. Surely that is not the case. It is still murder and potentially susceptible to a life sentence. All this amendment does is open up some space in which the jury and the judge between them are able to modify the sentence.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
712 c171 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Access Children Disclosure of information Accountability Appeals Crime Armed forces Death Crimes of violence Age Certification Coroners Age of criminal responsibility Homicide Mental illness Northern Ireland Mentally disordered offenders Mental capacity Newspaper press Life imprisonment Relatives Sentencing Registration Young people Young offenders Treasure
Legislation
Coroners and Justice Bill 2008-09
Link
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