Tag: CPS
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Glinner Rides Again
or: Day 1 of Graham Linehan’s appeal against his conviction for criminal damage at Southwark Crown Court The first and most important thing to know about this appeal is that it is essentially a re-trial. In order for Graham Linehan to have a fair re-trial neither the judge nor the two lay panellists sitting either…
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Avoiding Compelled Speech in Court
In March, the Crown Prosecution Service made fools of themselves, reporting that a “woman” had been found guilty of murdering “her” partner. Reader, the woman was a man. The CPS’ defence was that Aurin Makepeace was afforded female pronouns in court, and this justified the CPS lying to the public. It is the logic of…