Its attitude towards the Bill was summed up in a headline: "The Sun nails child killers" along with the good news that "We help NSPCC close legal loophole".
It was referring to the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act. This created a new offence of causing or allowing the death of a child. In the past prosecutions were difficult when it wasn't clear which one of a small number of people in a household actually caused a child's death.
The Sun saluted Charles Clarke's decision to bring in a new law, claiming that ministers were spurred into action after 10,000 readers signed a petition run jointly by The Sun and the NSPCC.
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