The Independent – End the injustice of indefinite prison terms now
The Independent says Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls to end the “injustice” of almost 3,000 prisoners trapped under indefinite jail terms. David Blunkett has backed calls demanding action on IPP sentences as Labour prepares to announce mass early release of other inmates.
The front page features an image of Micheal Douglas, along with George Clooney, who are among the celebrities calling Joe Biden to step down.
Calls to end injustice of indefinite jail terms as Keir Starmer to release prisoners early
Sir Keir Starmer is facing demands to end the injustice of almost 3,000 prisoners being trapped under abolished indefinite jail terms as he prepares to oversee the mass early release of inmates to ease overcrowding.
A 70-strong coalition of criminal justice experts, campaigners and human rights lawyers has called on the Ministry of Justice under the Labour government to act swiftly to help end the scandal of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences.
The architect of the flawed sentences, former New Labour home secretary Lord Blunkett, told The Independent he backed demands for urgent action from the new government to help IPP prisoners.
Michael Douglas admits it’s ‘hard to imagine’ Biden in a second term after saying Clooney has ‘valid point’
Michael Douglas said that it’s “hard” for him to imagine Joe Biden serving another term in office after he praised George Clooney for making a “valid point” in his scathing op-ed in The New York Times, calling for the president to stand down.
The 79-year-old Hollywood actor voiced his concerns over Biden’s re-election bid while on the red carpet at the premiere of his upcoming documentary America’s Burning in New York City. It marks a complete U-turn from his formerly staunch support of the president — including hosting a fundraiser for Biden in April.
“It’s just so hard for me to imagine a man four and a half years down the line from now,” Douglas told the BBC on Wednesday. “Particularly in a time that is so combative that requires someone to really be so articulate.”
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 12 July 2024.
As it has been for much of this week, the front pages continue to be dominated by domestic politics and football. Friday sees stories on prison reform, the prime minister’s first overseas trip to attend a Nato summit in Washington, the two-child benefit cap and the rise in the value of the pound on the foreign currency markets.
Elsewhere, almost all of the front pages splash on the England football team ahead of the European Championship final on Sunday. England will face Spain at the Olympiastadion Berlin. The back pages continue the Euros coverage.