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1、特稿FeatureArticles114人命喪輪下—生命何價(jià)黃惠沖114DeathsTooManyWesleyWong香港的嚴(yán)格法律責(zé)任罪行有多嚴(yán)格李運(yùn)騰HowStrictareStrictLiabilityOffencesAlexLeeinHongKong和平示威的權(quán)利譚耀豪TheRighttoDemonstratePeacefullyWilliamTam美林高層兇殺案 DavidPerry御用大律師NancyAnnKisselDavidPerry,QC34114DeathsTooManyWesleyWongTheexpressionthatsenten
2、cingisnotanexactscienceishardlyanycomforttothebereavedfamilyofavictimofcrime.Inthecaseofmurder,theimpositionofalifesentenceisprescribedbylaw,exceptwheretheoffenderisaminor.Intheeventofmanslaughter,thesentencingjudgehasawiderangeofsentencingoptions.Thejudgemaymakeahospitalorderorim
3、posealengthofimprisonmentthatbothprotectsthepublicandsufficientlyreflectsthestateofmindoftheoffenderatthetimeofthekilling.Inthecaseofmotoraccidentdeaths1,thecourtsadmittedlyfaceaseriousdifficulty.Usuallythesentencerisnotdealingwithcriminalsassuch,butlaw-abidingcitizenswho,apartfro
4、mtheirinvolvementintheoffence,wouldnototherwisedreamofcommittingacrime.2However,wheneverdeathresultsfromdangerousdriving,gravedistressisoftencausedtothefamilyofthedeceasedandtheimpactonpeople’slivesmustbetakenintoaccountwhensentencing.Itisalsoimportanttohaveinmindadeterrenteffectw
5、hensentencing,takingintoaccounttheoverallcircumstancesandtheculpabilityoftheoffender.Aseveresentenceisjustifiedwhereapersonhasdrivenwithselfishdisregardforthesafetyofotherroadusersorhisorherpassengers.Aclearrecord,goodcharacterandsenseofremorsearerelevantconsiderations,buttheyshou
6、ldnotbegivenundueprominence.3Thesesentimentswereexpressedbytheappellatecourtsinappealsagainstsentenceinroaddeathcasesheardin2010.Infact,overtheyears,aseriesofapplicationsforreviewofsentencewerebroughtundersection81AoftheCriminalProcedureOrdinance,Cap.221,aproceduredeployedsparingl
7、ybytheprosecutioninexceptionalcasesandonlywiththeleaveoftheCourtofAppeal.Asaresult,successivelegislativeamendmentswereintroducedthatincreasedthemaximumtermsofimprisonmentanddisqualificationfordangerousdrivingcausingdeath.Inthistime,amaturebodyofjurisprudencehasdevelopedlocallyonth
8、emannerinwhichanappropriatesenten
