24 Mar 2006
TONG YU LAM v. THE LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES REVIEW BOARD
- Citation
- TONG YU LAM v. THE LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES REVIEW BOARD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL18/2005
The exclusion of mandatory life prisoners from the statutory scheme requiring specification of minimum terms is not unconstitutional given the legislature's lawful decision to treat adult murder as uniquely severe; the Board's review of mandatory life sentences is administrative (advisory to the Chief Executive on clemency) not judicial, so no automatic entitlement to an oral hearing exists and the Board's brief reasons were adequate; accordingly the Board's decision of 3 November 2004 stands and the judicial review is dismissed.