Murder ‘should be split into US-style first & second degree’ with mandatory life sentences ‘axed’ in huge law change

MURDER cases should be split into first and second degree in a major US-style overhaul, a body that advises the government has said. The landmark changes could also see mandatory life sentences axed for some murder cases in the biggest change to homicide laws in generations. Alongside having "two distinct degrees," juries could give a...