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CIRCUMSTANCES WERE SUFFICIENTLY BAD. I WOULD OF COURSE WISH TO RECONSIDER WHEN THE TIME CANE, BUT IT IS AT LEAST ARGUABLE THAT THE ROW THAT WOULD RESULT FROM YOUR REPRIEVING, SAY, A DOUBLE MURDER, AS IN PARA 6, WOULD BE NO LESS THAN THAT IF THE U.K. LEGISLATED THE SENTENCE AWAY, AND THAT THEREFORE THE LATTER
WOULD BE BETTER VALUE.
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