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Dominic Lawson: When 'life' should mean life.
Sometimes we learn of crimes so vile that the overwhelming public reaction is that the perpetrator should never be released back into society.
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Columnist Comments
• Terence Blacker: The greasy gravy train of lobbyism
The idiocy and graft at work in the system barely merits a second glance.
• Dominic Lawson: When 'life' should mean life.
Sometimes the public feel the perpetrator should not be released.
• Steve Richards: Who is accountable for the police?
Why was Damian Green arrested with such spectacular insensitivity?
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8 Leading article: India and Pakistan have a common extremist enemy
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