Death Penalty for Murder in UK Law
- Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965
- Caribbean Territories (Abolition of Death Penalty for Murder) Order 1991
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Homicide Act 1957
... ... homicide and the trial and punishment of murder, and for Scotland amendments of the law relating ... object the death of all of them, whether or not each is to take ... Liability to death penalty Part II ... Liability to death penalty ... ...
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Offences Against the Person Act 1861
... ... Homicide ... Murder. 1 Murder ... Whosoever shall be convicted of Murder shall suffer Death as a Felon ... Sentence for Murder. 2 Sentence ... or Application of any Penalty or Forfeiture for any such Offence ... Costs of ... ...
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Sentencing Act 2020
... ... a court—(a) from mitigating any penalty included in an offender's sentence by taking into ... 399—(i) paragraph (a) (life sentence for murder etc) ,(ii) paragraph (b) (other mandatory life ... , or(ii) bereavement,in respect of a death resulting from any such offence ... ...
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Coroners and Justice Act 2009
... ... conduct an investigation into the person's death if subsection (2) applies ... (2) This ... Partial defence to murder: diminished responsibility ... 52: Persons ... 68) (limitation on penalty which can be imposed for a criminal offence) does ... ...
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Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021
... ... deaths condition is met whether or not any death actually occurred.(5) Where an offence is found ... Person Act 1861(a) section 4 (soliciting murder) ;(b) section 18 (wounding with intent to cause ... ) , in paragraph (a) of the definition of penalty, after 250, insert 252A, ... Employment and ... ...
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Criminal Law Act 1977
... ... descriptions, that is to say—(a) murder, or any other offence the sentence for which is ... £500, or to both (instead of to a maximum penalty on conviction on indictment of seven years ... than an error relating to the cause of death) occurs in the information given by a coroner’s ... ...
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Criminal Justice Act 2003
... ... that the offender pay a financial penalty;(b) a condition that the offender attend at a ... and (for example) includes fear of the death or injury of another person or of financial loss ... ) ;(ii) paragraph 4 (soliciting murder) ;(iii) paragraph 6 (wounding with intent to ... ...
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Criminal Justice Act 1988
... ... murder) ; ... (3) The following shall be inserted ... 51: Statutory maximum as penalty on summary conviction for offences triable either ... 121: Continuation of trials for murder on death or discharge of juror ... In section 16(2) of ... ...
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