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Murderer Can't Be Named For Legal Reasons ......
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Can someone with a legal background throw some light on this please?
A teenager murders a 7 year old girl in cold blood, the 7 year old girl is named, the family is named, the whole terrible incident is described on the news and front pages, yet the murderer cannot be named for legal reasons, whats all that about?
Can someone please explain it to me, no doubt she will plead insane, or something similar, and be out in a few years with a new identity, new home, protection etc, to lead her life whilst the victims family are just left to get on with it!!
A teenager murders a 7 year old girl in cold blood, the 7 year old girl is named, the family is named, the whole terrible incident is described on the news and front pages, yet the murderer cannot be named for legal reasons, whats all that about?
Can someone please explain it to me, no doubt she will plead insane, or something similar, and be out in a few years with a new identity, new home, protection etc, to lead her life whilst the victims family are just left to get on with it!!
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Mamy, it won't make any difference to me personally nor to many who have commented but the law always appears to safeguard the guilty and not the innocent. why?? If old enough to commit a crime of this nature then they should be treated like any adult who commits the same crime. That is just my personal opinion.
19:15 Mon 03rd Jul 2017
// Or maybe the question is about judges' decisions after all. What criteria do they use ?//
it is called reading a law degree - finding out the criteria judges use.
Takes about three years.
actually a v good ref has been given by jth and St P said - he couldnt be arted to read it all.
In terms of alternative verdicts there is case law on that ( see above that law degree fing) - the judge can - but doesnt have to - offer alternative verdicts
it is called reading a law degree - finding out the criteria judges use.
Takes about three years.
actually a v good ref has been given by jth and St P said - he couldnt be arted to read it all.
In terms of alternative verdicts there is case law on that ( see above that law degree fing) - the judge can - but doesnt have to - offer alternative verdicts
andres, You are saying that mental disability should be treated differently from other forms of disability. We do not lock up people who have others forms of disability.
There are a huge number of people who are extremely violent and dangerous yet are 100% sane. What criteria do you use for 'locking people up'?
A violent yet sane person could commit an act of violent assault and get just 2 years in prison, yet you say someone who is judged 'mentally ill ' should be locked up for life even if they have never committed a crime???
There are a huge number of people who are extremely violent and dangerous yet are 100% sane. What criteria do you use for 'locking people up'?
A violent yet sane person could commit an act of violent assault and get just 2 years in prison, yet you say someone who is judged 'mentally ill ' should be locked up for life even if they have never committed a crime???
"If she was so badly affected mentally then how did she have the capacity to know how to plea manslaughter when she had obviously commited cold blooded murder."
I might be taking a stab in the dark here, but I would hazard a guess that she (and her parents) received legal advice. A bit inconvenient, I know, but the law allows that too.
I might be taking a stab in the dark here, but I would hazard a guess that she (and her parents) received legal advice. A bit inconvenient, I know, but the law allows that too.
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