Mr. Michael Spratt at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On September 29th, 2016. See this statement in context.

September 29th, 2016 / 11:55 a.m.

Member, Former Director and Member of the Legislative Committee, Criminal Lawyers' Association

I think that is a fair characterization, which is one of the reasons that the suggestion of amending the bill to lower the punishment from life to 14 years seems incongruous with the purpose of the bill, when you look at it that way.

That is not only a fair characterization, but expertly demonstrates one of the inherent problems in some of the proposed amendments that are being considered.

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