Adult Sentences
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- Created on: 09-12-16 11:50
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- Adult Custodial Sentences
- Mandatory Life Sentences
- Always given for murder
- Starting points range from whole-life to 12 years'
- LASPO 2012
- Governed by Criminal Justice Act 2003
- Discretionary Life Sentence
- Sentences for serious offences such as ****, manslaughter and robbery
- Have maximum of life imprisonment
- Judge doesn't have to give life
- Fixed Term Sentence
- Depends on seriousness of crime, defendants past records and the maximum sentence available
- Do not serve full sentence, only half of it.
- Only for offenders over 21
- Extended Sentence
- Section 85 of Powers of Criminal Courts Act 2000
- Offender given a custodial sentence then a further (extended) sentence on licence
- Cannot exceed 10 years for sexual offences or 5 years for violence
- Suspended Sentence
- May be given for up to two years
- Sentence doesn't automatically take place
- Exceptional circumstance for not giving an immediate custodial sentences for serious offences
- Minimum Sentences
- For over 18's convicted of 3 occasions of dealing Class A drugs - minimum of 7 years
- Minimum of 3 years for burglary of a residential building for a third time
- Shorter sentences in an exceptional circumstance
- Mandatory Life Sentences
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