R v Douglas Gary Vinter
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE |
| Judgment Date | 25 June 2009 |
| Neutral Citation | [2009] EWCA Crim 1399 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Date | 25 June 2009 |
| Docket Number | No. 2008/05705/A9 |
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Chief Executive of The Department of Corrections v Chisnall
...factors: 28 29 30 (HL); Kansas v Hendricks 521 US 346; 138 L Ed 2d 501 (1997); Vinter v United Kingdom (2013) 63 EHRR 1; R v Vinter [2009] EWCA Crim 1399; R v Bamber [2009] EWCA Crim 962; R v Moore [2009] EWCA Crim 555; James, Wells and Lee v United Kingdom (2013) 56 EHRR and R (James) v Se......
2 books & journal articles
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Compatibility of Whole Life Orders with the European Convention on Human Rights
...life sentence with a whole life order. In June 2009 the Court of Appeal dismissed Vinter’s appeal against sentence (R v Vinter [2009] EWCA Crim 1399). The court held that,given the circumstances of the offence, there was no reason to departfrom the normal principle enshrined within Sched. 2......
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Inhuman and Degrading Punishment, Dignity, and the Limits of Retribution
...under the Criminal Justice Act 2003(Mandatory Life Sentence: Determination of Minimum Term) Order 2010 (SI 2010/197).6 See RvVinter [2009] EWCA Crim 1399; RvBamber [2009] EWCA Crim 962; and RvMoore[2009] EWCA Crim 555.7 A complaint under ECHR, art 5(4) was declared inadmissible by the Chamb......