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Practice Statement: Life Sentences | 
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| Issue:  | 
The factors to be taken into account in setting the minimum term to be served for punishment and deterrence. | 
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| Court:  | 
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| Reference:    | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Kennedy LJ (handed down on behalf of Lord Woolf CJ) | 
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| Date:  | 
31 May 2002 |