42 days - ace speech by Diane Abbott

(If video does not display click here for a transcript).

Is she right? Let me know what you think - make a comment!

Is the law tough enough as it is? The government and some tories think not!

For more on the government's (now doomed?) proposals and an analysis of the position in other countries have a read of this and this...

42 days.. what else was in that bill?

Cracking article here by Marcel Berlins of the Guardian. More attempts to limit the use of trial by jury? Have a read.

Meanwhile Shami Chakrabarti, director of pressure group Liberty, is delighted with the House of Lords' verdict. Read her views here.