British National Party Controversy
In January 2010, almost 10 years after the murder took place, the Payne family condemned the British National Party's use of Payne's murder for their political agenda as a reason for restoring the death penalty - particularly as it came while her mother Sara Payne was in hospital recovering from a near-fatal brain aneurysm. Sara Payne has openly expressed her firm opposition to the death penalty in the media on many occasions.
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