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R V SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT,EX PARTE SMART : R V SAME, EX PARTE PIERSON : R V SAME, EX PARTE DOODY : R V SAME, EX PARTE PEGG (1993)
PUBLISHED June 24, 1993The power to release murderers serving life sentences was exclusively that of the Home Secretary and was not susceptible to review. A life prisoner was entitled to know the basis for the Home Secretary's tariff and to make representations.
HL (Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Lane, Lord Templeman, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Mustill)
24/06/1993
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