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HOMRAG argue that the mandatory life sentence for murder is both unjust and outdated; a compromise arrived at in the 1960s in order to ensure that abolition of the death penalty made its way through both Houses of Parliament.

Life imprisonment --- Mandatory sentences --- Sentences (Criminal procedure) --- Punishment --- Murder --- Homicide --- Femicide --- Offenses against the person --- Violent deaths --- Penalties (Criminal law) --- Penology --- Corrections --- Impunity --- Retribution --- Sentencing --- Correctional law --- Criminal procedure --- Judgments, Criminal --- Prison sentences --- Determinate sentences (Criminal procedure) --- Indeterminate sentences --- Public opinion. --- Law and legislation