is a new series on BBC1 based on the Old Bailey trial records. It shows the development of our modern adversarial system of justice and might be an eye-opener as to how the courts once worked - or didn't! It's based on pioneering Eighteenth-century Barrister William Garrow's career. Watch here!
Showing posts with label trial by jury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trial by jury. Show all posts
Monday, 2 November 2009
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Jury finds Audenshaw boys not guilty... in only 45 minutes!
The two teenagers charged with plotting a Columbine-style massacre at Audenshaw High School were acquitted by a Crown Court Jury after only 45 minutes of deliberations yesterday. It makes you wonder whether the whole case was a waste of public money... should the CPS have brought the prosecutions at all?
Story here.
Watch the boys give their reaction to the verdict on the BBC here. See what their headteacher had to say about it here.
Below is Sky News' coverage of the boys' reaction:
Story here.
Watch the boys give their reaction to the verdict on the BBC here. See what their headteacher had to say about it here.
Below is Sky News' coverage of the boys' reaction:
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
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.
Meanwhile Shami Chakrabarti, director of pressure group Liberty, is delighted with the House of Lords' verdict. Read her views here.
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