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For educational use only Search for modules, books or documents University High School Principles, pragmatism and the Law Books Commission's Sign in recommendations on homicide law reform Download Andrew Ashworth AI Quiz 1 0 Save Information AI Chat Principles pragmatism and the Law Journal Article Commissions recommendations on Criminal Law Review homicide law reform Crim. L.R. 2007, May, 333-344 article Subject Module Criminal law Criminal Law (LLBL1003) 48 documents Other related subjects Legislation University University of Worcester Keywords Duress; Homicide; Intention; Law Commission; Recklessness; Recommendations Academic year: 2023/2024 *Crim. L.R. 333 In its final report on Murder, Manslaughter and Infanticide, 1 the Law Commission has taken some significant steps away from the more ambitious scheme put forward provisionally in its consultation paper, A New Homicide Act for England Uploaded by: and Wales? 2 The Law Commission still recommends a three-tier law of homicide, but there are changes in the ambit of the different tiers or rungs on the "ladder". First degree murder will encompass not only killings with intent to kill (as proposed earlier) but My Library Barbara Bandula also those killings with intent to cause serious injury that are coupled with awareness University of Worcester of a serious risk of causing death. This will be the only offence to carry the mandatory penalty of life imprisonment. Second degree murder, with a maximum penalty of life 0 7 1 imprisonment, is to include killings with intent to cause serious injury, killings intended Followers Uploads Upvotes to cause injury or fear or risk of injury coupled with awareness of a serious risk of causing death, and killings that would fall within first degree murder but where there Follow is a partial defence of provocation, diminished responsibility, or involvement in a suicide pact. Manslaughter, also with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, will be committed either by killing with gross negligence or by killing through a criminal act that was intended or known to involve a serious risk of injury. There will also be a Comments new form of manslaughter, consisting of complicity in an unlawful killing. The offence/ Please sign in or register to post comments. defence of infanticide will continue unchanged. These recommendations conclude the first stage of a review, the second stage of which is envisaged to take the form of a public consultation by the government. 3 Report Document The Law Commission should be congratulated on its careful work on this talismanic yet fraught subject, and none of the comments in this article are intended to detract from my admiration for the substance of the Report. The proposals in the 2005 Students also viewed Modern Law Review Personal Religious Bel… © 2024 Thomson Reuters. 1 Ideological Neutrality in the Workplace 2. Breach of duty of care Revision May 2023