(Statement of Facts) Prisoners appealed saying that the imposition of a whole life tariff on their life term by the judge, so that they could only be released at the discretion of the Home Secretary, and that this was inhuman treatment.
Judges:
Judges Garlicki, David Thorbe Jorgivsson and Nicolaou
Citations:
66069/09, [2011] ECHR 324
Links:
Statutes:
European Convention on Human Rights 3, Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 30(1), Criminal Justice Act 2003
Cited by:
Statement of facts – Vinter, Bamber And Moore v The United Kingdom ECHR 17-Jan-2012
The prisoners appealed saying that the whole life terms set on the imposition of a life sentence for murder were a breach of their human rights.
Held: The continued detention of three defendants who had been made subject to a whole life tariff . .
Statement of Facts – Vinter And Others v The United Kingdom ECHR 9-Jul-2013
(Grand Chamber) The three appellants had each been convicted of exceptionally serious murders, and been sentenced to mandatory life sentences, but with provision that they could not be eligible for early release, making them whole life terms. They . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Human Rights, Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 03 September 2022; Ref: scu.430152
