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Shabana Mahmood: “I don't think that the fact that they have the death penalty here means that we shouldn't be learning lessons from…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2025
I don't think that the fact that they have the death penalty here means that we shouldn't be learning lessons from strategies that they've introduced that really work.
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Shabana Mahmood
Labour Party
Source
bbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Mahmood argues that the UK can learn from Texas's successful prison strategies despite its death penalty.

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