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Should we not congratulate Straw?
1999-03-25T00:00:00
The civil liberties response to Jack Straw's announcement has forgotten that for decades we have been sectioning mentally ill people who have not committed any offences. The NHS used to treat psychopathic disorder in a similar way, as evidenced by figures produced by Mr Straw after Michael Stone's trial.
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