Arrest
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1994.
What is the piece of law that sets out the procedures the police have to follow.
The unlawful killing of a human being under the King's Peace with malice aforethought express or implied.
What is the common law definition of the offence of murder?
The organisation who all the police evidence gets sent to so that a decision can be made as to whether to bring the case to
Who are the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service)?
Mandatory Life Sentence (25 years)
What is the punishment for murder?
Stir, Porridge, Clink, Chokey
What are slang terms for prison?
A situation where the police can ask you to give your name and address, ask you to remove hat, outer coat and gloves. Using PACE 1994 and CODE A.
What is a Stop and Search?
Actus Reus and Mens Rea.
What are the Latin phrases/words used to describe the actual act of murder and the intention to commit it?
The place where more serious (indictable cases) are heard before a judge and jury.
What is the Crown Court?
Seeing someone else punished or being punished yourself so you are discouraged from commiting the criminal act.
What is the definition of deterrence?
Lucy Letby, Wayne Couzens, Kyle Clifford, Steven Port
Who are all currently serving indeterminate sentences? Who are unlikely to ever be released from prison?
The name for the words the police officer must say which starts "You do not have to say anything..."
What is a police caution?
When the entity killed is a foetus in the womb and has not existence independent of the mother. Or when the entity is in a permanent vegetative state.
When can you not be charged with murder?
The person who presents the argument and evidence for the prosecution on behalf of the state and the legal professional who presents the argument for the defendant to prove they did not commit the crime.
What is a barrister?
The minimum and maximum number of hours a defendant can be sentenced to using an unpaid work requirement.
What are 30 hours and 300 hours?
Public Processions (Section 12) Public Order Act Public Assemblies (Section 14) Public Order Act -Section 35 Dispersal Powers: Under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime, and Policing Act,
What police powers have been used in recent weeks during the protests in Southampton?
Twenty four hours or thirty six hours with the permission of of a senior officer.
How long can the police keep you detained at the police station before charging you?
implied means that you didn't mean the victim to die but you did intend to cause them really serious harm (GBH).
In what way is express malice different to implied malice in meaning.
It is the level of proof that needs to be presented to show that the defendant is guilty of the crime for which they are on trial.
What is the definition of beyond reasonable doubt?
A sentence a judge might choose to use for someone who committed a theft to acquire money for the drug addiction?
What is a rehabilitation requirement/order?
Misconduct in Public Office which carries up to life imprisonment.
What charges is disgraced Royal Family member Andrew Mountbatten Windsor facing?
It can make evidence that has been gathered inadmissible in a court of law.
What happens if the police do not follow the guidelines set out in PACE?
A break in the chain of causation so that the defendant is not responsible for the victim's death but some other factor is (Novus Actus Interveniens)
What is a new intervening event?
The tariff imprisonment that a judge must use when deciding how long the guilty party will spend in jail.
What are The Sentencing Guidelines?
It is the year that the Death Penalty was abolished in the UK.
What in important about 1965?
The philosophical idea that no-one individual is above the law no matter how powerful or rich they are and is something the American president believes he should be immune from.
What is the Rule of Law?