'tis driving me mad

[terambulan]

Please, legal beegles, what is the term for murdering spouse, and receiving a lighter sentence, due to extenuating circumstances? Think it may be a french name?

[Ethel]

Crime of passion?

[daffy654]

Crime of Passion??? Crime de passion

[pauln90]

In France "crime passionnel " - is that what you were thinking of.

[Amilcar]

" justifiable homicide " ( if she's anything like my ex)

[terambulan]

Thanx.....that's what I think will be Tanya's 'sentence' on Eastenders!

[Ethel]

Crime of passion is not recognised in English law - it is not a valid defence.

It hasn't been a valid defence in France for many years, either

[bananie]

it is in scotland

[Ethel]

Not for much longer:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business /law/article4419708.ece

[jno]

not a defence in Britian but it has been noted that judges often give shorter sentences in such cases... as long as it's a husband murdering an unfaithful wife. Wives who murder unfaithful husbands can expect the full sentence. I'll leave you to guess what gender most judges belong to.

[bananie]

Criminal Law is a devolved matter, so Westminster changing this law wouldn't affect Scottish cases, only English.

[joggerjayne]

Incidentally ...

mudering one's husband is mariticide (conventionally)

and

murdering one's wife is uxoricide

[terambulan]

JJ - those two words are not in my Franklin Wordmaster! Gizmos; they're not educational!

Don't worry, folks......it's only a soap!

Oh, and my third premonition is about to surface, with Roxy's babe.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Media-and-TV/TV /Question634486.html