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Tony1975
04-03-2010, 08:34 PM
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/hayes-found-guilty-of-murder-448725.html

I'm glad to see this. I'd have lost what little faith I have left in the judicial system if he had got off with anything less. This was a hideous crime.
Digout
04-03-2010, 08:38 PM
An awful crime alright, lets hope he gets a very long time behind bars.
5intheface
04-03-2010, 08:41 PM
Ashamed to say I have no memory of the murder at the time, what's the sentence likely to be?
Digout
04-03-2010, 08:42 PM
Life, which means prob aprox 8 years.
5intheface
04-03-2010, 08:47 PM
Life, which means prob aprox 8 years.

Yip, figures.
Tony1975
04-03-2010, 08:50 PM
An awful crime alright, lets hope he gets a very long time behind bars.


Ashamed to say I have no memory of the murder at the time, what's the sentence likely to be?

Mandatory life sentence for murder. But, as Digout says, that could be as little as 7 years. There was a controversy here in Cork a few years ago when a guy who butchered two young women (one of who survived) in Rochestown came up for parole after seven years. He didn't get it but, in theory, he could have. In fairness though, I don't think this guy will get out in 7 years either.
Tony1975
10-03-2010, 02:04 PM
The judge has handed down the mandatory life sentence along with a concurrent sentence of 10 years for stealing from the dead woman's bank account. Proper order.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/judge-criticises-hayes-total-lack-of-remorse-449464.html
Lapsedmethodist
10-03-2010, 02:52 PM
Let's get away from English Common Law and move to a Civil Code. Common Law is property orientated and useless in these situations.
Tony1975
10-03-2010, 03:01 PM
Let's get away from English Common Law and move to a Civil Code. Common Law is property orientated and useless in these situations.

What do you mean?
Lapsedmethodist
10-03-2010, 03:40 PM
What do you mean?

This the Wiki def. I'm thinking of the Code Napoleon which the French use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_%28legal_system%29
Tony1975
10-03-2010, 05:11 PM
This the Wiki def. I'm thinking of the Code Napoleon which the French use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_%28legal_system%29

I was hoping that you might explain the point you are trying to make in the context of this thread.