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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Hayden Vernon

Tories to pledge homicide law overhaul with US-style classifications

A prison officer at Pentonville prison, London.
The Conservatives will also tackle loopholes and anomalies in sentencing if they win the election. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak will reportedly pledge an overhaul of homicide laws, introducing US-style classifications for murder and increasing sentences, as part of the Conservative manifesto.

The proposals would include a tiered system of first- and second-degree murder, as well as increasing the minimum sentence for murders that take place in the home from 15 to 25 years.

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