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THOUSANDS more drug addicts, alcoholics and wifebeaters should escape jail, John Reid ordered yesterday.
The Home Secretary, exposing his own tough rhetoric on law and order as a sham, also wants to downgrade hundreds more offences so they can be punished with a fine only.See the full content of this document
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Keep Drug and Drink Criminals Out of Jail, Says Reid
The courts must show more 'selfimposed restraint' over the punishments they hand down, he said.
Too many offenders are being sent to jail when they should escape with a community penalty, said Mr Rei...See the full content of this document
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