Image by The Prime Minister's Office via FlickrThe Guardian newspaper claims that the British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has given his backing to "enfranchising prisoners."
It also reports that the UK government should abide by a 2005 European Court of Human Righhts ruling that the ban was unlawful.
Follow the link to the Hirst v. the United Kingdom judgement which sparked the debate.
You do realise, of course, that the link beneath "Related articles by Zemanta" contains a libel? Following my contacting the Telegraph's legal department the offending headline was altered by substituting "axe killer". I was convicted of manslaughter and not murder. The original libel still remains in the URL.
ReplyDeleteOops...I'll make the change.
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