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Tue 07 Jul 2010Right of people to defend themselves and their homes needed clarification
ANALYSIS: Defence-of-dwelling laws have generated fierce debate in other jurisdictions
IN PUBLISHING the Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Bill yesterday Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern said it was intended to “give recognition to the unique circumstances which prevail when an intruder is being confronted in the place we all have a right to feel is a place of safety, that is, our own home”.
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