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Weird world of a lofty lawyer ; Ho did Dr Samuel Johnson have had in mind when he said of an acquaintance in 1770 that "while he would not speak ill of any man, he had heard he was an attorney". Then, as now, he would have been spoilt for choice, but one

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From: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
Date: 20080508
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Ho did Dr Samuel Johnson have had in mind when he said of an acquaintance in 1770 that "while he would not speak ill of any man, he had heard he was an attorney". Then, as now, he would have been spoilt for choice, but one contemporary candidate might well be Lord Woolf, formerly the Lord Chief Justice, a position from which, some would say mercifully, he retired in 2005.

Harry Woolf's apparent disdain for those who believe the first and overriding objective of the penal system should be the punishment and containment of criminals is, to many, legendary. So for those who hoped they had ...

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