OK - this one is a real downer. It's a true story, though, with amazing acting by Jim Broadbent as Lord Longford and Samantha Morton as Myra Hindley. Myra was one of the infamous Moors Murderers - Myra and her boyfriend / lover / criminally insane partner Ian Brady killed five children from 1963 to 1965. She went to jail, and Lord Longford eventually crossed her path (he worked with prisoners) and tried to help her get paroled. As she was universally hated in Britain, this did not work out.
You can decide for yourself if you believe Myra mended her ways, repented, and was no longer a threat to society. Personally, I feel she was a sociopath who was a real master at manipulating people. I have attached pics of the real Myra and Ian - the famous mug shots.
As to Lord Longford and his motivations, my friend A watched this with me, and she said something very interesting. She felt that Longford represented a truly pure representation of a religious person; one who was trying to help people. If all religious people were like Longford, she would consider joining up.
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