Jailhouselawyer's Blog

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.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Sex offenders win legal challenge over register

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Sex offenders win legal challenge over register Two convicted sex offenders have won the right to challenge their inclusion on the UK's ...

Soldier's mother accused of taking injury cash

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Soldier's mother accused of taking injury cash The mother of a soldier who lost a leg in an explosion in Afghanistan will appear in cour...

Nick Clegg or the Daily Mail: No contest

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Nick Clegg or the Daily Mail: No contest As you would expect, some slack reporting from the Daily Mail... How the Lib Dems would release 60,...

Blair or Jailhouselawyer standing on higher moral ground?

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Blair or Jailhouselawyer standing on higher moral ground? Tony Blair: A political genius who lost us our moral authority Prisoners’ Voting R...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

From one aging hippy to another

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From one aging hippy to another If Ester Rantzan can come out in support of the Gurkhas, why cannot Jane Asher support all those Aspies in p...

Nick Clegg's press team in the slow lane

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Nick Clegg's press team in the slow lane Someone on the ball... Bob has responded more swiftly than Nick Clegg's press team... Bob P...

Responding to Human Rights Judgments: Prisoners’ voting rights (Hirst v UK No2)

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Responding to Human Rights Judgments: Prisoners’ voting rights (Hirst v UK No2) The European Court of Human Rights found19 that the United K...

Pakistani sex offender wins right to stay in UK

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Pakistani sex offender wins right to stay in UK A Pakistani man who sexually abused two girls has won the right to stay in Britain, claiming...

Just as well it does not apply to prisoners rooftop protests

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Just as well it does not apply to prisoners rooftop protests The Telegraph reports... Rooftop ban for criminal A criminal who escapes office...

Killer should get an Oscar

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Killer should get an Oscar Man 'killed girlfriend during sex session that went wrong' A man killed his girlfriend by strangling her ...

Cowards of the Country

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Cowards of the Country Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg should each be awarded a White Feather from the Prince of Wales for coward...

United Kingdom: The May General Election will be Incompatible with Prisoners' Human Rights - What are the implications?

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United Kingdom: The May General Election will be Incompatible with Prisoners' Human Rights - What are the implications? 20 April 2010 A...

European Court: All prisoners must now get the vote

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European Court: All prisoners must now get the vote On 8 April 2010 the European Court of Human Rights handed down its judgment in the CASE ...
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Monday, April 19, 2010

Labour's 'votes for paedophiles' leaflet sparks row

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Labour's 'votes for paedophiles' leaflet sparks row A Labour candidate is embroiled in a row with the Liberal Democrats after su...

Women to blame for earthquakes, says Iran cleric

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Women to blame for earthquakes, says Iran cleric Women behaving promiscuously are causing the earth to shake, according to cleric, as Ahmadi...
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Something in the air

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Something in the air Isn't politics suddenly exciting? Just when Iain Dale gets bored with the topic !
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Wildcat's acrobatic dove-catching display

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Wildcat's acrobatic dove-catching display A wildcat cat performed a remarkable acrobatic routine as it attempted to catch a dove for din...

Man loses licence after drink-driving in toy Barbie car

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Man loses licence after drink-driving in toy Barbie car A man who was caught drink-driving in a toy car with a top speed of 4mph has been ba...

Archive searches

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Archive searches For the last couple of weeks I have noticed a swing away from my recent posts in favour of posts in my archive. Traffic is ...

Ann Widdecombe defects to the Lib Dems...

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Ann Widdecombe defects to the Lib Dems... Apparently... Ann Widdecombe: Conservative party conference 2000... "Idle prisons are breedin...
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John Hirst Hull, East Yorkshire, GB "Who is John Hirst?" the Sun online questioned the day after the UK lost its appeal to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR in the prisoners votes case. The profile was not very informative nor flattering. But, I don't like the Sun either so we are quits. I was born, at 2 I was put into Dr Barnardo's Homes. What they called care, we refer to it as physical and sexual abuse. I drifted into crime, and spent 35 years in prison. In spite of the system, I reformed and rehabilitated myself with the support of some within and outside of the system. I was transformed from a law breaker into a law-maker. I am firmly committed to prisoners rights, and am a campaigner for penal reform. I live in a 3 bedroom terrace house within a cul-de-sac, and have a dog as a companion. My Latvian friend keeps invading my space and telling me I need a wife. She does keep the house clean and tidy, but loves my dog and calls him her boyfriend... Recently, Viking FM have asked for advice and reports for the news on radio on Criminal Justice issues. In addition, I used to write regularly for Inside Time the National newspaper for prisoners.
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