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: Current AwarenessPunishment and reform - Speech by Jack Straw
By traceydennis
“Jack Straw has given a speech on punishment and reform at the Royal Society of Arts in London.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th October 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Full post as published by Current Awareness on October 27, 2008 (boomark / email).
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