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MP urging tough action on murders

Murder should carry a tougher prison sentence, a Shropshire MP has told Parliament. Mark Pritchard said it was time ministers looked again at the minimum tariff of 15 years. Murder should carry a tougher prison sentence, a Shropshire MP has told Parliament. Mark Pritchard warned of a growing public unrest about the leniency of some jail terms handed down to convicted killers, and said it was time ministers looked again at the minimum tariff of 15 years. The Tory MP raised the issue with Justice Secretary Jack Straw in the Commons yesterday. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star.

North Shropshire|Apr 30, 2008
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