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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

The 8 Year Starting Point

Polish translation:

minimalny wyrok 8 lat pozbawienia wolności

Added to glossary by Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
Nov 24, 2017 15:49
6 yrs ago
English term

The 8 Year Starting Point

Non-PRO English to Polish Law/Patents Law (general) law
an extract from a House of Lords judgement
Proposed translations (Polish)
2 minimalny wyrok 8 lat pozbawienia wolności
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Dec 3, 2017 14:17: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry

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PRO (1): Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.

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minimalny wyrok 8 lat pozbawienia wolności

t was just last March that the then Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, announced that there should be a minimum jail term of 25 years for those who go armed with a knife and then go on to kill. This represented a ten year increase from the previous starting point of 15 years. The 15 year starting point was one which the families of victims found difficult to understand. The 25 year period is now much closer to the starting point for murder using a firearm, which is 30 years.
http://www.lawmentor.co.uk/blog/2011/02/
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The significant increase in the minimum term contrasts sharply with the guidance issued by the lord chief justice, Lord Woolf, a year ago, that the current 14-year minimum "starting point" should be replaced by 16 years for more serious cases and 12 years for lesser crimes such as mercy killings.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/may/08/ukcrime.pri...
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