Penal reformer Lord Longford dies, aged 95

From: The Independent - London | Date: August 4, 2001| Author: Chris Gray | Copyright information

LORD LONGFORD, the Labour peer and prisoners' rights campaigner who was ridiculed for championing causes such as the release of Moors murderer Myra Hindley, died last night, aged 95.

The seventh Earl of Longford, born Francis Aungier Pakenham, who was the oldest sitting member of the House of Lords, had continued to campaign zealously for Hindley and others despite his age.

While known mostly for those campaigns and for an anti- pornography crusade in the 1970s, he had a minist...

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