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13 December 2007

There is something very wrong with the British Criminal Justice system

post by: essexjan at: 19:46 | 11 comments

Amen.

posted by jonmc 13 December | 19:59

Actually, no. There is something very wrong with the British House of Lords.

posted by Smart Dalek 13 December | 21:11

Lord Justice Gage in an ass.

posted by arse_hat 14 December | 00:20

Interesting, essexjan. Is the House of Lords planning on repudiating the concept of the eggshell plaintiff?

posted by Lassie 14 December | 00:23

Lord Justice Gage said that he would give the reasons for overturning the convictions at a later date.

What. The. Fuck? He can't think of a reason right now, but he made the decision anyway?

posted by dg 14 December | 01:45

This is two days in a row that this subject has arisen.

posted by chuckdarwin 14 December | 04:31

This doesn't have anything to do with the House of Lords, this is the Court of Appeal.

posted by grouse 14 December | 07:41

There's nothing unusual about the reasons for a decision being given after the decision itself.

posted by matthewr 14 December | 10:49

And if your decision is to release prisoners, best to release them as soon as possible. They shouldn't spend extra days in prison so that you can perfect your writing style.

Not that I agree with the decision, but I haven't read it yet.

posted by grouse 14 December | 10:56

On an unrelated British justice-system note: every time I think about people being arrested for 'anti-social behaviour,' I cringe a little inside. And for once, I'm glad I'm not British.

posted by Hargrimm 14 December | 22:27

I dunno, I live in a neighborhood that makes me think that ASBOs are a pretty nifty idea about, oh, once a week or so.

More often during my summer troubles with the drug house, but still.

As for this ... it does seem like they're just going to be sentenced on a lesser charge, at least. It really depends on the language of the manslaughter law (and case law) as to why this wasn't provable q.e.d.

posted by stilicho 15 December | 01:11

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