The Wrong Judge

UNITED KINGDOM
The Times

Baroness Butler-Sloss cannot be trusted with the inquiry into institutional abuse

July 12 2014

The government’s decision this week to order a wide-ranging inquiry into allegations of child abuse in major public institutions was a mistake. The inquiry’s scope is too broad to offer any realistic hope of a timely or worthwhile outcome. It is now clear that the appointment of Baroness Butler-Sloss to lead the inquiry only compounds the original mistake.

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