PETER HITCHENS: Modish liberals wanted to keep Ian Huntley alive for years. And they call ME barbaric for backing the death penalty for heinous murderers like him

Is there anyone who is not relieved that Ian Huntley is dead? There is nothing to say in defence of the heinous Soham murderer. Yet modish liberals hoped to keep him alive for many years to come.


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