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Like many of your readers, I too am appalled by the Allan government’s decision to move to “an adult crime, adult time” model. Criminal lawyer Bill Doogue’s article (“ Adult time” laws will only harm our friends and family ”, 13/11) well explains why such a policy is wrong, and he is correct. Moreover, the proposed policy in no way attempts to deal with the real problem; namely, why are young people committing these offences.

I suspect that partly the problem is a result of the COVID lockdowns and financial pressures on families. Th

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