Offenders who commit murders with sexual or sadistic motives will spend the rest of their lives in prison, under new government proposals.
The plan will be announced in the King’s Speech, where King Charles will read out the government’s plan for the coming months at the State Opening of Parliament. T
The proposal includes measures to force criminals to appear in the dock and a law to prevent prisoners from marrying. It will be King Charles’s first time delivering the speech as monarch, and it will also be Rishi Sunak’s first King’s Speech as prime minister.
The Conservatives, who have been trailing behind Labour in the opinion polls for more than a year, will hope that the bills announced in the speech will help improve the party’s electoral prospects.
In a statement before the speech, Mr Sunak expressed his vision for a safer Britain, saying, “I want everyone across the country to have the pride and peace of mind that comes with knowing your community, where you are raising your family and taking your children to school, is safe.”
However, Labour’s shadow justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, criticized the Conservatives for using the parliamentary calendar’s most significant event to repackage previously announced ideas. She argued that the criminal justice system is crumbling under the government’s feet after years of mismanagement.
In addition to the crime bills, the King’s Speech is expected to include a bill to change the leasehold system, which has caused financial burdens for homeowners and a bill to allow annual licensing for oil and gas projects in the North Sea.
The speech will likely also cover legislation to implement policies that have already been announced, such as gradually banning smoking by raising the legal age to buy cigarettes in England and establishing a regulator for English football.
The Sentencing Bill, Criminal Justice Bill, and Victims and Prisoners Bill are among the three crime bills that will be announced for England and Wales.
The Sentencing Bill will fulfil past promises by introducing whole-life orders for those convicted of murders involving sexual or sadistic elements.
This means that offenders will have no prospect of release unless there are exceptional compassionate grounds. Currently, there are 67 whole-life prisoners in the country, according to the Ministry of Justice.
The Criminal Justice Bill will introduce tougher sentences for grooming gang members and individuals who murder their partners at the end of a relationship.
The bill will also make it clear in law that reasonable force can be used to make criminals appear in the dock. Offenders who still refuse would be given an additional two years in prison.
While some believe that the new law will send a strong message to offenders, others argue that persuasion is better than force. The families of victims, such as Zara Aleena, who was murdered by Jordan McSweeney, have expressed their support for the new law.
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