Lee Robinson Manslaughter Case Study

The defendant Lee Robinson is charged with manslaughter. As the defendants actions leading to the offence did not constitute acceptable behaviour and that the result ended up with a man loosing his life because of Mr. Lee Robinson actions the maximum penalty for manslaughter in the UK is a life sentence. Despite the severity of his crime in the criminal courts a defendant may be able to reduce their sentence by co-operating after the fact. In the Uk a life sentence is 20 years imprisonment before the defendant is eligible for parole. In certain cases the sentence for crimes may be reduced depending on certain factors and conditions.

While Mr. Lee Robinson intended to cause bodily harm to the other man. The defendant was immediately aggressive and would not accept the victims …show more content…
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In a court of law personal mitigation is aloud to enable the defendants character to be analysed and allow other eye witness account to be heard by the court. Mr Robinson swears that the attack was completely out of character and that there are character whiteness that support his lame and that he is a man of previous good nature. In this case the Judge may show a degree of leniency as it is a first time offence and out of character.

In a criminal trial a defendant may plead guilty to an offence. Once the defendant pleaded guilty the courts may reduce the sentence of the crime. In the case of Mr Robinson the defendant pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity, thus allowing him to get a reduced sentence. The general rule if a defendant pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity the judge may reduce the sentence by as much as one third. As Mr Robinson has been accused of manslaughter which caries the sentence of incantational of twenty years. The punishment of incantational requires that person to be removed from the public as a punishment and also for the safety of the general