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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Oct 2013

    Convicted murderers Peter Chester and George McGeoch lose UK Supreme Court battle over right to vote while in jail

    1:52 AM - 16 Oct 2013
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      1. Rick Feest‏ @rickyfeest 16 Oct 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking as a convicted murderer you shoulsnt have any rights, when you take a life you forfeit your rights

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      1. Steve gibbson‏ @gibbs002 16 Oct 2013
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        @mrsteveblack @BBCBreaking @BBCNews yeah and be chained at the ankles #justice

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      1. D.O‏ @durieuxolga 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking while it is not gonna change anything-even being free - voting - we don't really get what we have been voted for.

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      1. Victoria McManus‏ @VictoriaMcManus 16 Oct 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Convicted murderers Peter Chester and George McGeoch lose UK Supreme Court battle over right to vote while in jail” Good!

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      1. Connor Convict Green‏ @ConnorConvict 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @ManiBoora Good job i got out of jail a few weeks ago

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      1. Connor Convict Green‏ @ConnorConvict 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @ManiBoora Ha shouldn't even try sick fucks, i mean really hows smart idea was it to give prisoners the right to vote,

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      1. Themistocles‏ @malfeithor 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Obviously, jail is not a club or a retirement house, is a punishment that extract criminals from living among human beings.

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      1. Sarah‏ @Sairs21 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Good! They don't deserve to vote they are in prison for a reason! It should be a punishment not freedom and pleasure!

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      1. Lester Yeates‏ @lsyeates 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @sm_tomlinson good, they lost all rights when they committed the offence

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      1. Baroness von Ose‏ @Kimono6150Ose 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking I think they should pay their debt 2 society FIRST- then get 2 vote when released!

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      1. Kelly Glenn‏ @KelGlenn 16 Oct 2013
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        Good. “@BBCBreaking: Convicted murderers Peter Chester and George McGeoch lose UK Supreme Court battle over right to vote while in jail”

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      1. Sandra Singh‏ @welshbooky 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Good!

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      1. Donn Morgan Kipgen‏ @donn_morgan 16 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking In India the easiest way for high-profile criminals&extremists to get out of jail is to get elected as state Legislator or MP!

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