Murder and changes in the last 50 years

Read about how death penalty was abolishedhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/16/newsid_3258000/3258437.stm

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Read about how the double jeopardy rule was abolished

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8990986/Stephen-Lawrence-murder-justice-after-18-years-as-Gary-Dobson-and-David-Norris-found-guilty.html

Read the Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1996

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/19/pdfs/ukpga_19960019_en.pdf