Jail term for climate protester, 77, is disproportionate, says Carla Denyer
by Damien Gayle Environment correspondent from on (#6Q5Q1)
Green MP tells home secretary sending Just Stop Oil activist to prison is unjust and waste of resources
A 20-month prison sentence handed to a 77-year-old woman for a climate protest on the M25 is disproportionate, unjust and a waste of resources, the Green MP Carla Denyer has said.
In a letter to Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, Denyer called the jailing of Gaie Delap three weeks ago an example of an ongoing and serious problem with disproportionate sentencing for climate activists".
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