“The government has been conducting a review into the law on homicide. The first part of the review was conducted by the Law Commission. This paper now sets out the government proposals for reforms on:
- partial defences to murder of diminished responsibility and provocation
- the law on complicity in relation to homicide
- infanticide”
Ministry of Justice, 29th July 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related link: Murder, manslaughter and infanticide: proposals for reform of the law (PDF)
