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My Son was tragically taken away by two men on a night out. One of the men only got 16months. The other man got 19 years minimum. I need as many peoples help as possible to sign and share this petition as he is trying to appeal against the length of time he was given.
Justice for JayJay Taylor, Darwen
I am sorry to see this tragic criminal act against your son and the grief you all must be feeling. No words can really offset the reality.
In being honest and not negative... there is nothing a petition can do to stop the legal process. It is an absolute right for every UK person to enact the Court Appeal procedure. But an appeal will only succeed if there are proper settled grounds in which to proceed. "settled grounds" means your Barrister must be able to argue in court on a real tangible issue.. he/she can not appeal just because they do not agree or are not happy with the original sentence.
A person sentenced to a Life Sentence for Murder can NOT appeal against sentence they can only appeal against the set tariff, minimum term. I/E to reduce the 19 years to a lesser term.
I am probably saying things you know, if I am I apologise but, the best "defence" is for the Barrister to have a sound response to make sure the tarif is not reduced. This can be .. malicious planning of the criminal act and the heinous nature, malice aforethought etc .. no remorse ...
if you are citing a petition to the government to increase tarifs as a general sentencing procedure then that is an option. People are sick to the teeth with vile criminals receiving short tarifs.
Maybe I have got this all wrong but this is my experience as a former manager of Life Sentence prisoners with the MOJ.
I am not a very pretentious person so I will not pretend to know your position and the effects of such a very serious act against your son and your family. I dont even like the phrase .. "time is a great healer" .. I would like to think that I could cope in a similar position but I do not know. I would have probably jumped into the Dock and ripped the criminals head off and sod the consequences??
I hope you remain strong.
Bill
Correction: I stated "appeal against set tarif" .. this is incorrect. A person sentenced to life for murder can only appeal against conviction i/e if found guilty he can try to get that turned to "not guilty".
