Life Means Life
A 'Whole Life Tariff' is a mechanism in British law where a prisoner is sentenced to remain in prison until his or her death. It came into force in 1983 when the British Home Secretary began to set minimum terms that convicted killers had to serve before being considered for release on life licence. Crimes where whole life tariff are recommended by the law:-
(a) Murder of two or more persons, where each murder involves any of the following:
a substantial degree of premeditation or planning, the abduction of the victim, or sexual or sadistic conduct,
(b) Child murder if involving the abduction of the child or sexual or sadistic motivation.
(c) murder done for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause.
(d) Murder by an offender previously convicted of murder,
(e) Other offense if the court considers that the seriousness of the offence (or the combination of the offence and one or more offences associated with it) is exceptionally high.
(a) Murder of two or more persons, where each murder involves any of the following:
a substantial degree of premeditation or planning, the abduction of the victim, or sexual or sadistic conduct,
(b) Child murder if involving the abduction of the child or sexual or sadistic motivation.
(c) murder done for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause.
(d) Murder by an offender previously convicted of murder,
(e) Other offense if the court considers that the seriousness of the offence (or the combination of the offence and one or more offences associated with it) is exceptionally high.
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Those who died in Prison while serving a 'Whole Life Tariff'
| Stephen Ayre - September 2018 | Andrzej Kunowski - September 2009 |
|---|---|
| Ian Brady - May 2017 | Donald Nielson - December 2011 |
| Paul Culshaw - February 2013 | Denis Nilsen - May 2018 |
| Glyn Dix - January 2014 | David Oakes - February 2013 |
| Archibald Hall - September 2002 | |
| Trevor Hardy - September 2012 | Peter Sutcliffe - November 2020 |
| Anthony Hardy - November 2020 | Ernest Wright - July 2020 |
| Daniel Gonzalez - August 2007 | John Straffen - November 2007 |
| Colin Ireland - February 2012 | Peter Tobin - October 2022 |
| Royston Jackson - March 2019 | |
| David Cook - December 2020 |