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Supreme court upholds payouts to violent prisoners over delayed parole hearings

PUBLISHED May 1, 2013
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The UK supreme court has cut the compensation awarded to a life sentence prisoner whose original release was delayed by 10 months from £10,000 to £6,500 in a test case that will lead to payouts for scores of convicted murderers, rapists and other violent prisoners.

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