Petition: Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases The MoJ plans to remove the right to trial by jury for either-way cases with a likely sentence of three years or less. We believe it is an ancient right allowing us to be judged by our peers and this ...

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….. sharpens his pencil.

Good luck in your new role anyway! You will be amazing (as always) (despite the grammar) x

Wilfred Frost and I !

#comeonSophy

An interesting graphic on the causes of Rape:

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This is BlueSky JP, not that other place. Please don’t resort to personal abuse in an attempt to further your argument.

Thing is, my comment doesn’t relate to the guilt or innocence of the defendant, but to the
conduct of the professionals, advancing their case in the wrong way.

Somewhat saddened by the hysterical (self) publicising of some lawyers & medics in the #Letby case.

There is a responsible, professional and ethical way to ventilate genuine concerns without ranting and shrieking in the media.

Please think of the victims and their families.

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Courts in crisis: ‘The chances of acquittal are higher for the rich’ Evidence lost, prisoners waiting on remand for years, roof leaks, judges mopping floors, burnt-out barristers — Rachel Sylvester talks to barristers about a criminal justice system that is broken

Thank you @rachelsylvester.bsky.social for this great piece accurately and candidly reporting the state of things in the UK criminal courts, day in, day out!

www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Released closer in time to the end of World War II than to today!!

Anyone else feel extremely old? !

Studied it perhaps Drew, but I confess to significant unease when lawyers or police officers in such cases get involved.

In my opinion professional proximity to such cases ought never to be exploited for (perceived) personal advantage/publicity. A victim/clients privacy ought to be sacrosanct

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Thank you x

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An interesting graphic on the causes of Rape:

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Just a bit of advice for young lawyers:

Be cautious celebrating your victories.

If the credit for ‘winning’ a case is yours, then so must be the blame when you ‘lose’.

Congratulations to all concerned!

Many congratulations

Today have a floating committal for sentence!

I didn’t know that a CSE could be a floater. My defendant has been on remand and served the sentence he can be given already. I’ve been informed that this matter is not a priority today.

A prison places frees up if I get called on.

#CJSonitsknees

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Ok so… there is an 8x8 piece jigsaw puzzle, it’s all yellow, and there’s some text written on it. There’s two pieces of the puzzle missing, so that whatever is written is missing two letters. Those missing letters will be a dash in the following transcription: The jigsaw slogan reads: I’m no_ gonna do that thing I’ve got to do _hen I can have fun. Below this jigsaw are the two missing pieces, one a W and the other a T. This means the slogan, depending on where you put the missing pieces can read one of two ways: Either: I’m now going to do that thing I’ve got to do then I can have fun. Or… I’m not going to do that thing I’ve got to do when I can have fun.

A rare yellow version of the ‘Jigsaw Decisions’ artwork!

This title if the comic is ‘Googling Stuff…’ The comic shows two columns: on the left is “Then” showing search results with one thing listed as “the thing you want” On the right column is ‘Now’ - also showing search results but in this case it’s a whole bunch of stuff you don’t need: AI TAKING A WILD STAB AT IT WITH SOME BLATANT MISINFORMATION SPONSORED RESULT SPONSORED RESULT SPONSORED RESULT SPONSORED RESULT PEOPLE ALSO ASK VIEW PRODUCTS And then right at the bottom just off screen is ‘the thing you want’

Googling Stuff: Then v Now.

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Court delays ‘driving innocent prisoners to plead guilty’ in England and Wales Exclusive: Some inmates being advised to change plea to secure earlier release as backlog spirals, watchdogs say

Routinely imprisoning innocent people without trial for 4 or 5 years is like something that I read about in history from the former Eastern Bloc or elsewhere in the 60’s.

This must be sorted.

www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec...

In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But, being season’d with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil?