life imprisonment is the maximum sentence for death by dangerous driving uk.
life imprisonment is the maximum sentence for death by dangerous driving uk.
maximum sentence for death by dangerous driving uk?
life imprisonment
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death is an irremediable harm that is dealt with particularly seriously in english law. for example, the crime of murder uniquely carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, regardless of the degree to which the defendant is morally culpable provided they are legally culpable. to use another example: causing injury by dangerous driving carries a maximum sentence of two years, whereas causing death by dangerous driving carries one of fourteen years.
homicide in english law
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causing death by dangerous driving is a statutory offence in england and wales, scotland and northern ireland. it is an aggravated form of dangerous driving. it is currently created by section 1 of the road traffic act 1988 (as substituted by the road traffic act 1991).









































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section 1 of the road traffic act 1988 (as substituted by section 1 of the road traffic act 1991), creates the offences of causing death by dangerous driving:









































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causing death by dangerous driving is an indictable-only offence.









































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causing death by dangerous driving