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For an offender who is a youth when they committed the offence the appropriate starting point is 12 years detention at Her Majesty's pleasure. Having set a starting point the court must take into account any aggravating or mitigating factors, to the extent that it has not allowed for them in its choice of starting point paragraph 8, Schedule Under paragraph 9, detailed consideration of aggravating or mitigating factors may result in a minimum term of any length whatever the starting point or in the making of a whole life order.
The court should also consider any previous convictions, whether the offence was committed on bail and if the offender pleaded guilty. The court should take into account any period the offender has spent on remand in connection with the offence or a related offence. The offender will get no credit for time served on remand unless it is taken into account when setting the minimum term.
The court should normally subtract the time for which the offender was remanded from the punitive period it would otherwise impose in order to reach the minimum term. Where a convicted murderer is sentenced on or after 18 December for an offence that took place before that date the Crown Court will set the minimum term, pursuant to section Criminal Justice Act , and according to the new statutory framework.
The trial judge will consider the seriousness of the offence by applying Schedule 21, and the aggravating and mitigating factors. However, because the offence pre-dates the statute, the judge must apply an additional test paragraph 9, Schedule 22 Criminal Justice Act This is to ensure that an offender cannot receive a sentence greater than they could have received at the time the offence was committed, and so as not to fall foul of article 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights as incorporated into domestic law by the Human Rights Act R v Duncan Jackson [] EWHC QB held that a defendants' rights under Article 7 would only be infringed if the minimum term fixed was longer than the tariff which could have been set as opposed to what would have been more likely set if he had been sentenced shortly after the offence was committed.
This additional test is found in paragraph 10, Schedule 22 Criminal Justice Act It states that the court may not set a minimum term greater than one that the Home Secretary would have set before December , or make a whole life order unless the Home Secretary would have done so before that date.
In other words, the court is required to determine a minimum term according to the new framework, then go on to determine what the decision of the Home Secretary would have been to ensure that the minimum term is no greater than this. In order to determine the minimum term the judge has to carry out three distinct exercises which are:. Stage 1 - The judge has to assess what would be the appropriate period applying Schedule 21;.
Stage 2 - Then as a separate exercise the judge has to consider what period in accordance with the practice followed by the secretary of State before December would have notified;. In this instance there is a further stage, namely:. Stage 4 - Does the period specified at Stage 3 correspond with the sentence imposed by sentencing State? Therefore in accordance with Article It shall not aggravate, by its nature or duration, the sanction imposed in the sentencing State, nor exceed the maximum prescribed by the law of the administering State.
Section of the Criminal Justice Act provides defendants with a right of appeal against the duration of the minimum term. Similarly, section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act now applies to minimum terms set under section 2 , giving the Attorney General the power to refer cases to the Court of Appeal on the basis of being unduly lenient.
In section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act , a new subsection 3 A has been inserted. This states that in an appeal of an unduly lenient minimum term, the Court of Appeal shall not make any allowance for the fact that the person to whom the minimum term relates is being sentenced for a second time. Apart from this specific reference to the so-called 'double jeopardy' rule, the procedures and time limits for such a reference are the same as with any other qualifying offence, and Areas will need to ensure compliance.
The Code for Crown Prosecutors is a public document, issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions that sets out the general principles Crown Prosecutors should follow when they make decisions on cases.
This guidance assists our prosecutors when they are making decisions about cases. It is regularly updated to reflect changes in law and practice. Help us to improve our website; let us know what you think by taking our short survey.
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