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<p /> <p /> <p>A life sentence is mandatory on conviction for murder and a whole life
order starting point applies to a murder by an offender previously convicted of murder.
Discretionary life sentences or long determinate sentences are available for other
very serious offences. This Government has introduced an automatic life sentence for
a second very serious violent or sexual offence.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice
(MoJ) holds information on those persons convicted of homicide offences having previously
been convicted of a homicide offence. However, the MOJ does not hold information centrally
on the number of homicide victims associated with these crimes.</p><p> </p><p>The
table shows the number of offenders with previous convictions for homicide by offenders
convicted of homicide in each year from 2001 to 2013. Homicide includes among others,
the offences of murder, manslaughter, infanticide, corporate manslaughter and causing
death by dangerous and careless driving. See footnote 3 for all types of homicides.</p><p
/> <p /> <p>The MoJ's extract of the Police National Computer only holds the complete
criminal records of offenders who have been sentenced or cautioned since the beginning
of 2000, Therefore it is not possible to provide criminal history time series information
all the way back to 1984.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the table have been drawn
from the extract of Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Ministry of Justice.
As with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with
data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more
information is recorded by the police.</p><p> </p>
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