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New guidance for mercy killings

New guidance for mercy killings

DPP tells me that nobody will be getting away with murder

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Joshua Rozenberg
Jan 14, 2022
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New guidance for use in suspected “mercy killings” will not decriminalise murder or manslaughter, the head of the Crown Prosecution Service assured me this week. Max Hill QC, who became director of public prosecutions in 2018, was explaining how the CPS would handle cases where homicide suspects believed they had been acting wholly out of compassion. A …

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