Summary: Listen to the show here. This week, Lyndon and Dan discuss Europe and the ECHR. First off, after the announcement by the Government that murderers could receive “hundreds of years in prison”, Lyndon and Dan revisit the whole life tariff debate and look at how the proposals might work (spoiler - they wont). They recap the decisions concerning whole life tariffs such as Ian McGloughlin (not whole life) and the Lee Rigby killers (sentencing adjourned pending the Court of Appeal decision on whole life) made by Mr Justice Sweeney. Secondly, Dan and Lyndon look at the prisoners’ right to vote and the recommendation by an Parliamentary committee that short term prisoners should be given the right to vote in European, local and national elections. Links Whole life and 100 year sentences BBC News report The Telegraph Law Society Gazette UK Criminal Law Blog - Vinter v UK Prisoners’ right to vote Law Society Gazette
