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UK Can Now Hold People Without Charge For 42 Days

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-terrorists-have-won dept.

the_leander writes "Prime Minister Gordon Brown has narrowly won a House of Commons vote on extending the maximum time police can hold terror suspects to 42 days. There is talk of compensation packages available for the falsely accused. The chances of you getting that money however are slim to none, lets not forget, this is the same country that charges prisoners who have been falsely accused for bed and boarding costs."

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  1. Hey! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey - did anybody notice that on any average three days in Detroit, more people are murdered than the total number of Soldiers who die in Iraq in an entire month?

    Huh. It was like there must have been some sort of "surge" that "worked," or something.

  2. fro5t pist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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