卢克·英斯和莱亚姆·本内特在英国高等法院的裁决下获得释放，两人分别服刑约20年，尽管其原始最低刑期仅为21个月和24个月1。法官在刑事案件审查委员会复审后，撤销了他们的原不定期监禁（IPP）判决，改判为定期徒刑，本内特改判4年264天，英斯改判42个月1。同时获得改判的还有詹姆斯·沃德，其改判刑期为2年1。
三人的原判均在2006年至2007年做出，当时英斯和本内特均为17岁，沃德为21岁1。高等法院认定原判中关于被告人危险性的认定缺乏适当依据1。虽然不定期监禁和危险罪犯监禁制度（DPP）在2012年被英国废除，但该废除不具有溯及力1。
目前仍有2000多名囚犯根据IPP判决被无限期关押，其中99%已超过原定刑期，80%已服刑10年或以上1。司法部长亚历克斯·诺里斯表示，英国政府计划在本议会结束前立法永久终止IPP判决1。
Luke Ings and Leiam Bennett have been released following High Court review of their indefinite imprisonment sentences, each having served approximately 20 years despite minimum terms of just 21 and 24 months respectively 1. The pair, along with a third man, James Ward, had their original sentences quashed and replaced with fixed terms following a Criminal Cases Review Commission examination 1. Bennett was re-sentenced to four years and 264 days, Ings to 42 months with a 30-month extended licence, and Ward to two years 1.
All three men received their original Indeterminate Public Protection (IPP) sentences between 2006 and 2007 in courts across Wolverhampton, Reading, and Leicester 1. Ings and Bennett were 17 years old at sentencing, while Ward was 21 1. The court determined that the original determinations regarding the defendants' dangerousness lacked proper foundation 1. IPP sentences were abolished in 2012, but this change was not applied retrospectively to existing cases 1.
More than 2,000 prisoners remain indefinitely detained under IPP sentences, with 99 percent having exceeded their minimum terms and 80 percent having served at least 10 years 1. Justice Secretary Alex Norris has stated the government intends to introduce legislation to permanently end IPP sentencing before the current parliamentary session concludes 1.
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