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4 DEGREES OF MURDER; 'No automatic life terms'.(News)
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Byline: By DAN BOFFEY and BRIAN ROBERTS
BRITAIN'S law chief is calling for a US-style sliding scale of sentences for murder.
Director of Public Prosecutions, Ken Macdonald believes jail terms should depend on the seriousness of the killing. At present, a life sentence for murder is automatic.
He wants judges to have discretion over sentencing, with only the most serious murders meaning jail for life.
Those guilty of lesser degree murders would get shorter jail terms.
Mr Macdonald said: "There ...
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