Government of Great Britain will take a law establishing a sentence in the form of a life imprisonment for killing police and other emergency staff. This is stated in a press release on the website of the British government.
The appropriate project was developed under the joint leadership of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, Lord Chancellor of Dominica Raaba and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Great Britain. The act got the name “The Law of Harper” in honor of the constable police killed in 2019, who was at the time of death in the performance of his duties.
According to the law, the judges will have to consider life imprisonment as a higher penalties for killing in the execution of fire service staff, ambulance and agency to combat organized crime, as well as as minimal punishment for killing those in the execution of police and prison guards .
In addition, it will be condemned for a life sentence will be for sexual rape or unintentional murder of an emergency service officer, which is in the performance of his duties. At the same time, in all agreed cases, the accused may be sentenced to less punishment if mitigating circumstances are established.
“Government on the side of the victims and their families, and we want our emergency services to know that we will always support them,” Dominic Raab said in an interview with Radio BBC .