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Islington Tribune - Letters to the Editor
Published: 18 January 2008
 
Draconian? But we must do what we can to halt killings

• ROISIN Gadelrab’s article on the tragic deaths of Nassirudeen Osawe and Martin Dinnegan was informative but ignited confusion in my mind when I read the quote from Matt Foot, a duty solicitor at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court: “It’s a completely draconian way for the police to operate. It’s just going to cause bad feeling” (Police in
stop-and-search following Nass’s killing, January 11).

Definitions of the word draconian are “harsh” and “unusually severe or cruel”. During 2007, 27 teenagers were needlessly murdered on the streets of London. In my view this is a true definition of “unusually severe and cruel” for their relatives and... > more
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