CRIMINAL LAW

Criminal Law

Criminal Law

In recent years, immense attention has been given to the householders who have prosecuted against the intruders. Similarly, various events have been noted in which the intruder has been killed or man slaughtered after killing a burglar. Tony Martin was the man who killed the intruder. Similarly, in another event Munir Hussain was convicted for harming the intruders by a cricket bat in order to protect himself. These cases attain a great media attention as they are a great help in providing assistance against the murderers. It is necessary to call for law of defence in order to protect the house holders from the criminal prosecution. Therefore, it is necessary that they should be given public attention. They will help to improve public image and solve their problems.

 

Laws for intruders

The laws at present allow people to use force in order to protect themselves in order to prevent harm which they provide them. The liberal and labor democrats consider that the current law provides sufficient protection against the prosecutorial discretion with the help of jury. The criminal bar association has also agreed to the fact that the authority would sanction judicial punishment (Fletcher, 2000).

Principles for the house holders

A house holder is considered as a suspect of criminal act if he uses force against an intruder and resulting in his death. As mentioned in the above cases of Munir Hussain and Tony Martin lead to the potential liability which leads to their protection in the threat of prosecution.

At present the law states that a house holder who kills a burglar or injures him in order to protect himself would be provided complete self defence. The reason of his provision would be as a result of providing protection for him or in order to prevent crime. The Conservatives in the recent years have argued that the reasonable force which provided should be replaced through a law which states that the house holders would not be prosecuted until the laws are not grossly disproportionate. It was mentioned in the recent debate of the House of Lords and Liberal Democrats debate that at present the law works well and it does not require a change. In 2010, conservative election manifesto it was decided that a pledge should be given to the house holders. In My 2010, these were than published in the commitment served by the negotiations by the coalition agreement published at that time.

The critics including the chairman of the Criminal Bar Association and the QC opposed the fact and proposed that the reasonable force should be then replaced by the not grossly proportionate force. QC acted as defence counsel for Tony Martin and Munir Hussain. He suggested that such practice can result in vigilantism and would sanction extrajudicial punishment (Hart, 1968). It was announced by the government in 2011 that the government would be clarifying the law of self defence. There are also changes expected for the amendments of the Legal Aid and sentencing punishments of the offenders ...