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Legislation / Legal
ScotGov: A legal loophole whereby life prisoners could become eligible for parole earlier than those serving sentences of a fixed length has been closed after a new Act designed to improve the justice system came into force last week.
The Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act resolves a technical anomaly which arose following the Appeal Court's judgement in the case of Petch and Foye v. HMA, which meant that prisoners given a discretionary life sentence or Order for Lifelong Restriction (OLR) could apply to become eligible for parole earlier than those serving sentences of a fixed length.
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