Andy Burnham should resist populist pressure on jail sentences | Letters
Nik Wood says the prime minister must be tough on the causes of crime, Henry Rossi calls for him to resolve the IPP crisis, while Janet Carter considers victims of domestic abuse As you say in your editorial (The Guardian view on early prisoner release: don’t lose sight of systemic reform, 12 August), governments of all stripes have bowed to pressure for ever longer sentencing. For instance, the killers of PC Andrew Harper would now face mandatory life sentences, campaigned…
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