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depakid

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Sat Jan-24-09 07:49 PM
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28. He's been given a life sentence with 18 years as a minimum

Edited on Sat Jan-24-09 07:50 PM by depakid

18 years is the "tariff" -the minimum period the offender must serve before being considered for release on license by the Parole Board.

According to the Sentencing Adviory Panel, persons convicted of murder are invariably detained longer than the tariff period.

Page 3 of the report describes how his sentence works:

http://www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk/docs/minimun_terms.pdf

Bottom line: this guy will be an old man when he gets out- if he lives that long.

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