In article , John
Mullen writes
One of the things I find interesting about this tragic case is that, while a
lot of Martin's supporters, and Martin himself apparently, seem to want a
return to 'Victorian Values'((C) the Conservative and Unionist Party), I
would have thought that in Victorian days Martin would have had his neck
stretched for shooting an unarmed teenager who was trying to get away at the
time.

It's always possible that with different law enforcement values, the
teenager (who was an admitted burglar) would have been taken out of
circulation earlier, and not been in a position to engage in his
activities that night, and so would never have been shot at.

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