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Section 102 — Sentencing Act 2002: Presumption in favour of life imprisonment for murder
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102 Presumption in favour of life imprisonment for murder (1) An offender who is convicted of murder must be sentenced to imprisonment for life unless, given the circumstances of the offence and the offender, a sentence of imprisonment for life would be manifestly unjust. (2) If a court does not impose a sentence of imprisonment for life on an offender convicted of murder, it must give written reasons for not doing so.
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