Tokens: In
its
Stafford
judgment
(
Stafford
v.
the
United
Kingdom
[
GC
]
no
.
46215/99
,
ECHR
2002
-
IV
)
,
the
Court
was
concerned
with
the
continued
detention
of
a
mandatory
life
prisoner
in
the
United
Kingdom
after
the
expiry
of
the
so
-
called
“
tariff
”
representing
the
punishment
element
of
the
life
sentence
.
The
Court
observed
that
,
after
the
expiry
of
the
tariff
,
continued
detention
depended
on
elements
of
dangerousness
and
risk
associated
with
the
objectives
of
the
original
sentence
for
murder
.
In
the
Court
’s
view
,
since
these
elements
might
change
with
the
course
of
time
,
new
issues
of
lawfulness
arose
which
required
determination
by
a
body
satisfying
the
requirements
of
Article
5
§
4
,
that
is
,
an
independent
body
with
power
to
order
release
and
following
a
procedure
containing
the
necessary
judicial
safeguards
,
including
,
for
example
,
the
possibility
of
an
oral
hearing
(
ibid
.
,
§
§
87
-
90
)
.
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