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Friday 2 June 2017

A RAY OF HOPE

Unsurprisingly my comments here are often critical of one or more parts of the justice system, of how it operates and where its operatives from high court judges to litter wardens have made decisions which are of interest usually because of their ineptness. It is therefore a change to report of a case earlier this week where a habitual criminal charged with robbing a High Court judge , refused to plead or offer any defence and even  refused to enter the courtroom.  Yet he was acquitted.  In other words the prosecution failed to persuade the jury beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant had committed the crime for which he had been charged. This is a ray of hope that the concept of innocent until proved guilty still resonates whatever  odds are stacked against a defendant.
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  1. Rogerborg2 June 2017 at 14:12

    We can only speculate as to why he was acquitted. One possibility that springs to mind is a juror with personal experience of the Criminals' Justice System, who just crossed their arms and chuckled when they discovered the victim's profession.

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  2. Too old JP.2 June 2017 at 20:35

    A travisty of justice IMHO. The jury should be ashamed of themselves. Can only be that a member with some knowledge of CJS nobbled his less worldly colleagues and frustrated justice. Oh for the American system where jurors's names are known and they can be interviewed by the media afterwards. Bit tongue in cheek but you know what I mean!

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