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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ministers must summon the courage to right an ‘obvious injustice’

The very judges who handed out “unfair” indefinite prison sentences have joined The Independent’s campaign to resentence thousands of offenders who are still trapped by a law that was abolished in 2012.

Sir John Saunders, a former High Court judge, tells us that he would apologise to offenders he sentenced to imprisonment for public protection (IPP) terms. “I should say I’m really sorry this has happened; it’s extremely unfair,” he said.

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