How much time should you get for murder?

[Chippiewill]

Between 0 years and indefinite detainment. People who commit non-premeditated murder are unlikely to re-offend.

[akeel$]

Perhaps a few months for those who manslaughter.

[GommeInc]

I'd release someone if I see improvements but it'd take a while I suppose and yeah manslaughter should give the penalty of 10-20 years in my opinion unless it was self defence which caused to kill the person.

I heard someone punched someone and they died? Did anyone know how long they got?

Technically you can receive a full acquittal for murder if it was in self-defence. It wouldn't be manslaughter unless you used excessive, unreasonable force. The law comes from a son who shot dead his father who was going to kill his mother and was in the middle of committing it.

[akeel$]

Ooh, that's really interesting.
I actually never knew where that law came from.

[GommeInc]

Ooh, that's really interesting.
I actually never knew where that law came from.

It's a really interesting area to look into. I recommend it just for interest Self-defence isn't necessarily about defence of yourself but others too, including property as well so it's quite a big topic!

[akeel$]

There's been accidents where people have thrown one punch, the person ends up dead and they're locked up for life that is one of the main reasons I have created this topic to basically question should THAT be fair?