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Mandatory Life Sentences in New South Wales

Nicholas Cowdery

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The death penalty for murder and rape was abolished in New South Wales in 1955. However, the enactment of the Crimes Amendment (Mandatory Life Sentences) Act 1996 (NSW) provided, by enacting s 431B(1) of the Crimes Act, that a 'life meaning life' sentence is to be imposed upon a person convicted of murder if the court is satisfied that the level of culpability in the commission of the offence is so extreme that the community interest in retribution, punishment, community protection and deterrence can only be met through the imposition of that sentence.

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The death penalty for murder and rape was abolished in New South Wales in 1955. However, the enactment of the Crimes Amendment (Mandatory Life Sentences) Act 1996 (NSW) provided, by enacting s 431B(1) of the Crimes Act, that a 'life meaning life' sentence is to be imposed upon a person convicted of murder if the court is satisfied that the level of culpability in the commission of the offence is so extreme that the community interest in retribution, punishment, community protection and deterrence can only be met through the imposition of that sentence.

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The death penalty for murder and rape was abolished in New South Wales in 1955. However, the enactment of the Crimes Amendment (Mandatory Life Sentences) Act 1996 (NSW) provided, by enacting s 431B(1) of the Crimes Act, that a 'life meaning life' sentence is to be imposed upon a person convicted of murder if the court is satisfied that the level of culpability in the commission of the offence is so extreme that the community interest in retribution, punishment, community protection and deterrence can only be met through the imposition of that sentence.

Key concepts: Life imprisonment, Culpability, Sentence, Deterrence (psychology), Retributive justice, Commission, Project commissioning, Law

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