Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 19971

Homicide: Sentencing

Tabled: 12 December 2024

Answered: 19 December 2024

Question

Mark Sewards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing sentences for offenders guilty of unlawful act manslaughter.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Parliament is responsible for setting the overall legal sentencing framework and the maximum penalty for unlawful act manslaughter is life imprisonment.However, sentencing is entirely a matter for our independent courts. When deciding what sentence to imp...

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