BBCNEWS BBC News November 24, 2021 09:05:00
Harper's law? i think the maxim that a lot of people will know that hard i a lot of people will know that hard cases make bad law applies here. i don't think a mandatory life sentence for manslaughter is right. i think it blurs the distinction between murder and manslaughter. murder requires an intent to kill or to cause really serious injury. manslaughter can be committed, well, it normally is committed without any such intent and can involve, for example, a single punch which quite unexpectedly leads to somebody�*s death. i think to remove all discretion from judges in cases of manslaughte...
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