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Experts who concluded that he no longer posed a serious risk to the public proposed dealing with Sutcliffe in a way that usually means a patient becomes eligible for day release. But the mental health tribunal has no statutory power and the final decision rests with Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke. Doctors say Sutcliffe "suffers from a chronic treatable mental illness for which he has been willing to accept appropriate treatment which has contained it for many years". A report from Kevin Murray, the psychiatrist who has been in charge of Sutcliffe's care since 2001, revealed that he started taking anti-psychotic medicine in 1993 and Mr Justice Mitting wrote that the Ripper had "persevered with it ever since". The judge said: "He has been well behaved and posed no threat to other inmates. Jehovah's Witnesses who have befriended him for more than 15 years are emphatic that he shows remorse for his crimes." But, he added, Sutcliffe's whole life tariff was justified.
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