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Oran Doyle
@orandoyle.bsky.social
Law professor, husband of one. Sometimes Taipei, other times Dublin. Comparative constitutional law, Irish constitutional law, constitutional theory.
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Two people each accused of committing a murder while under the age of 18 could be subject to completely different sentencing regimes, depending on the happenstance of when they were tried.
The reasoning is broadly persuasive. The best argument to defend the legislation is that the provision was only concerned with the effects of a sentence on a < 18 compared to > 18. But given that sentence continues post the age of 18, this isn't wholly convincing.
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Oran Doyle
@orandoyle.bsky.social
Law professor, husband of one. Sometimes Taipei, other times Dublin. Comparative constitutional law, Irish constitutional law, constitutional theory.
271 followers440 following51 posts