The Home Secretary does not have the power to increase a mandatory lifer’s base sentence for retribution purposes. His powers to revise minimum life sentence are not absolute; and must be used fairly.
Independent 14-Nov-1995, Times 29-Nov-1995
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department Ex Parte Pierson CA 8-Dec-1995
The courts’ control over the exercise by the Home Secretary of his discretion on lifers was limited to procedural fairness. It was not irrational to refuse any reduction of a lifer’s minimum sentence after aggravation involving the prisoner. . .
At First Instance – Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex Parte Pierson HL 24-Jul-1997
The Home Secretary may not later extend the tariff for a lifer, after it had been set by an earlier Home Secretary, merely to satisfy needs of retribution and deterrence: ‘A power conferred by Parliament in general terms is not to be taken to . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 31 December 2021; Ref: scu.87757
