Over the past few years, concerns have been raised as to the role of the Home Secretary in tariff fixing and extending for life-sentence prisoners. The Home Secretary's powers have now been taken away in all circumstances save for that of the sane adult murderer. 1 The aim of this Comment is therefore to discuss whether murder really is 'most foul', both with regard to the Home Secretary's tariff-fixing powers and the special status of the offence of murder itself in its attraction of a mandatory life sentence, taking into account the recent House of Lords' decisions in Ex p.

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CCTV evidence is regularly employed in criminal cases, yet there has been relatively little consideration of the manner in which such evidence is collected and subsequently handled. The use of CCTV evidence raises issues of disclosure, data protection and human rights, all of which have a far-reaching impact not only on the accused but also on others who find themselves recorded by surveillance systems. In addition, much of the video evidence collected during criminal investigations comes from third parties, such as shops and commercial premises, which are outside the direct control of the police. This only serves to compound the difficulty of managing such material within the investigative and trial processes.