Of course this immediately makes me think that there's a really good reason, such as: some prominent person who is alive today would be embarrassed by the information in these documents.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard's legal battle to keep files secret 120 years after killings
Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard's legal battle to keep files secret 120 years after killings | Mail Online
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Of course that suggests that Scotland Yard back then actually had a pretty good idea who Jack the Ripper was, and that person was from a family prominent enough to make the police reluctant to bring them in.
ReplyDeleteThat would be more embarrassing, for the nation as a whole.