They both killed their partners. But which one got life?
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David Hampson, who murdered his wife in 1997, has been sentenced to six years for manslaughter, and will probably serve three years. The judge accepted that he was provoked into murdering his wife by her excessive nagging. In contrast, Zoora Shah, who murdered her boyfriend in 1992, received a life sentence and has been denied a retrial, even though there was strong evidence that her state of mind was very disturbed. These two cases inevitably fuel the view, widespread in the black community, that the criminal justice system in the UK favours whites, especially men.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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The seductions of the past
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Works of history have become popular in the United Kingdom, and they have tended to be bland and simplistic, without challenging our notions of the past. They all use a large amount of detail about clothing, houses, ailments and conversation. Readers like the detail which virtually allows them to taste and smell past times. Novels have also been affected by this fascination with the past. History appears to have a certainty that is lacking in the present time, yet there is a need to engage with the present as well as the past.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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