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to otherwise conduct an effective investigation under the current arrangements
would be limited. 312
7.11. Our recommendations, in particular our proposal for a special procedure
inquest, aim to equip the justice system with a means of effective investigation
less dependent on the mercy of successive governments. Further, they aim to
ensure that the implementation of recommendations is monitored – a crucial
objective if we are to understand how the virus has killed so many and how to
avoid future recurrence.
312 Particularly as the Ministry of Justice may find itself implicated due to alleged failures to
protect sub-contracted cleaning staff, see Jack Shenker, ‘Death at Justice: the story of
Emanuel Gomes’, Tortoise Media, 6 July 2020.
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