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Jack Straw lifts curfew on Jade Goody's husband
Jack Straw has personally intervened to lift a curfew on Jade Goody's future husband. Under the curfew he was supposed to be at his mother's house beteen 7 pm to 7 am. Jack Straw has changed that on compassionate grounds, and the newly married couple will be able to spend their wedding night together.
Is that acceptable? Should the law not be equal for everyone? Should the spouses of the famous be treated differently from the rest of us?
Or is this an exemption and a kind gesture?
Is that acceptable? Should the law not be equal for everyone? Should the spouses of the famous be treated differently from the rest of us?
Or is this an exemption and a kind gesture?
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Right thing to do.
Prisoners are routinely let out for immediate family funerals etc.
Also, Jack Straw did not personally intervene:
Goody, who has terminal cancer and has been told she has weeks to live, was reported to have been "heartbroken" at the prospect of spending her wedding night alone because of Tweed's release conditions, which the authorities had reportedly refused to waive.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "The National Offender Management Service chief operating officer, in discussion with the governor of the prison, has determined that this is an exceptional case and Mr Tweed will be allowed to remain at the reception and at that address until 3pm the day after the wedding."
He said Justice Secretary Jack Straw had "enormous sympathy" for Goody and her family, adding: "She has shown extraordinary courage and our thoughts are with her."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7901232 .stm?lss
Prisoners are routinely let out for immediate family funerals etc.
Also, Jack Straw did not personally intervene:
Goody, who has terminal cancer and has been told she has weeks to live, was reported to have been "heartbroken" at the prospect of spending her wedding night alone because of Tweed's release conditions, which the authorities had reportedly refused to waive.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "The National Offender Management Service chief operating officer, in discussion with the governor of the prison, has determined that this is an exceptional case and Mr Tweed will be allowed to remain at the reception and at that address until 3pm the day after the wedding."
He said Justice Secretary Jack Straw had "enormous sympathy" for Goody and her family, adding: "She has shown extraordinary courage and our thoughts are with her."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7901232 .stm?lss
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Sorry R1geezer if you didn't understand the question. I am not showing spite or heartlessness to Goody. This question could have been about anybody. It was ineffect:
Should the rules be changed at the whim of the Justice Department because it would be a popular thing to do?
I believe he was in prison for battering a juvenile with a golf club. He doesn't sound like the type of person who deserves our compassion.
Should the rules be changed at the whim of the Justice Department because it would be a popular thing to do?
I believe he was in prison for battering a juvenile with a golf club. He doesn't sound like the type of person who deserves our compassion.
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