Whole-life Sentences

Debate between Lord Morgan and Lord Tomlinson

Wednesday 17th July 2013 Lords Chamber

[Lord Morgan]

My Lords—

[Lord Tomlinson]

My Lords—

[Lord Morgan]

My Lords, does not this judgment raise the very important legal principle of rehabilitation? It does not say that whole-life prisoners should be released or that the British Government should take any action, but it does suggest that they retain what the court called the right to hope, the possibility of atonement and the possibility of a review, as in many other countries. Is this not a very serious issue of penal philosophy that should be considered as such?

Human Rights Act 1998

Debate between Lord Morgan and Lord Tomlinson

Wednesday 12th October 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord Morgan]

My Lords—

[Lord Tomlinson]

My Lords—