Search results

Remember that they have received a life sentence. The 14/15 yrs are minimum terms - there is absolutely no guarantee that either will be released after 14/15 yrs, but they will only be eligible for release after this time. Also, even when they have been released, they are released on license -...

In theory, but I can't imagine it would be successful. The case has already been before the Court of Appeal who found that the new evidence was compelling and gave a realistic prospect of prosecution (and gave permission for the trial in the first place) so can't see them succeeding on the...

14yrs 3months for norris

15yrs 2months for dobson

Unlike America, jurors do not routinely have to go through cross-examination by the barristers for each side, or the judge, to decide whether they are appropriate for the case (in American death penalty cases, it is common for the prosecution to ask the potential jurors whether or not, if the...

Unfortunately this is not the case - plea bargaining is still strictly prohibited at the sentencing stage - it only exists in English law to the extent that if the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser offence (such as manslaughter) at the beginning of the trial - they will then receive a...