Judges can hand down life sentences to dangerous drivers who kill or careless drivers who kill while under the influence of drink or drugs
He died from his injuries when he was caught in a strap attached to the back of a getaway car and dragged down a winding country road as his teenage killers fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, in August 2019.
There are also changes in the law aimed at keeping serious sexual and violent offenders behind bars for longer and making the streets safer for women and girls.Domestic abuse victims are to get more time to report common assault or battery crimes to police, and a new breastfeeding voyeurism offence could see anyone who takes photographs or video recordings of nursing mothers without their consent facing up to two years in prison.
Mr Johnson said: "We have changed the law so that dangerous criminals are given the sentences they deserve and kept behind bars, and we are backing the police with the powers they need to keep us safe. Arthur was murdered by his stepmother Emma Tustin at their home in Solihull in June 2020, while Star was killed by her mother's girlfriend in Keighley in September 2020.Star Hobson murder: Fury over delayed social services review as answers 'desperately needed'
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