Criminal trial to be heard without jury for the first time
The Court of Appeal has given a historic ruling allowing the first ever criminal trial to be heard without a jury.
Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, said the case concerned "very serious criminal activity" arising out of a robbery at a warehouse at Heathrow Airport in 2004.
Three judges in London, headed by Lord Judge, gave the go-ahead because of a "very significant" danger of jury tampering.
This is a worrying development. Why don't we do away with MPs because there is a very significant risk they will fiddle their expenses?
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
2 comments:
Star Chamber?
FUCK ME! MONEY WAS THE MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME! Now, if it was an old lady who had been killed during the process...
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