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Magazine about law and justice & the difference between the two. Editors: Jon Robins & Sam Dulieu. Support us, buy PROOF: https://t.co/qKlQVsKNii
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An industry of ‘charlatan’ experts ‘exploiting’ the justice system: Latest @APPGMJ session on the menace of rogue experts and how the lack of equality of arms in our courts is a threat to the integrity of the adversarial justice system. Report & pix here: https://t.co/1cn8ZUTURT
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Prof Carole McCartney : ‘Far too often prosecution expert evidence goes unchallenged, they can be lightly cross-examined and the defence don’t have the benefit of their own experts. This adds to the aura of infallibility around the expert cos, well, they must be unchallengeable.’
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Stephanie Davies (@Voice4theDead), coroners’ officer who first reviewed deaths of babies at Countess of Chester Hospital, on Lucy Letby: ‘I do believe it's a miscarriage of justice. I’m concerned that my review contributed to somebody who I believe is innocent being in prison.’
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Tom Hayes (@robilypj) on how judges proved themselves ‘ill equipped to spot charlatans that repeatedly unashamedly, avariciously exploit the system. It’s only much later – when hands are wrung, anodyne tropes rolled out – do we tear the curtain asunder to expose the true nature.'
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An industry of ‘charlatan’ experts ‘exploiting’ the justice system: Latest @APPGMJ session on the menace of rogue experts and how the lack of equality of arms in our courts is a threat to the integrity of the adversarial justice system. Report & pix here: https://t.co/1cn8ZUTURT
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Two prisoners have been mistakenly released from Wandsworth prison leading to a police manhunt. This comes less than a week after Justice Secretary, David Lammy, announced enhanced checks following the wrongful release of Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford https://t.co/seWqqP3WS8
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A new government initiative aims to stop the threat of drones to prisons in England and Wales, with records showing a 770% increase in drone incidents between 2019 and 2023 https://t.co/mH6bFb3YBc
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New legislation means activists could face up to six months in prison for protesting outside the homes of MPs, as rights groups criticise the government's decision to hand police 'even more powers' https://t.co/QbVDulTOU6
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A letter signed by over 100 barristers and solicitors raises concerns about proposals for trials without juries. The signatories say trial by jury 'remains fundamental to the nation’s concept of justice' https://t.co/vT7dDTrbun
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New research has revealed a ‘promising solution’ for neurodivergent children at risk of the so-called the ‘school to prison pipeline’ https://t.co/aN9y453iLk
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The police chief's council has warned of a surge in crime following proposed sentencing reforms. Changes under the Sentencing Bill will involve a presumption against prison sentences and enhanced use of community sentences https://t.co/WEbSWvRLqc
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Two prisoners have been mistakenly released from Wandsworth prison leading to a police manhunt. This comes less than a week after Justice Secretary, David Lammy, announced enhanced checks following the wrongful release of Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford https://t.co/seWqqP3WS8
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A new government initiative aims to stop the threat of drones to prisons in England and Wales, with records showing a 770% increase in drone incidents between 2019 and 2023 https://t.co/mH6bFb3YBc
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A letter signed by over 100 barristers and solicitors raises concerns about proposals for trials without juries. The signatories say trial by jury 'remains fundamental to the nation’s concept of justice' https://t.co/vT7dDTrbun
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New legislation means activists could face up to six months in prison for protesting outside the homes of MPs, as rights groups criticise the government's decision to hand police 'even more powers' https://t.co/QbVDulTOU6
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Deaths in custody have reached a record high according to latest Ministry of Justice data, with @INQUEST_ORG saying the numbers reflect the 'inherently destructive nature of prisons' https://t.co/DEjpffUAqw
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Levels of prisoners on remand has reached its ‘highest level in fifty years’, according to new data which also highlights the ‘unequal impact’ of decision-making https://t.co/1Zl0x1JPQw
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Key figures warn of 'collateral damage' of 'naming and shaming' offenders service community orders https://t.co/YUt2m3E4QL
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Juror jailed for four months after collapsing murder trial by researching ‘joint enterprise’: 'He is being punished for wanting to understand a legal doctrine judges failed to understand for three decades,’ says @JENGbA's Jan Cunliffe https://t.co/4cDLhikSKC
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‘Whichever area you look at the system is broken’ New research has found that courts, prisons, police and probation services are failing to keep up with growing pressure and demand, with problems facing the criminal justice system still expected to worsen https://t.co/sPneRuuMSr
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