1 November 2013
Giving vengeance a voice in court
"A criminal trial should be a cool-headed assessment of evidence, not a chance for victims to vent their distress.
It is hard to remember a reform to the UK’s criminal-justice system which was not geared towards giving victims a ‘voice’ or ‘presence’ in the courtroom. This week, yet another victim-centred reform was announced, one which would allow for victim-impact statements to be read out in court by victims or their relatives. Victim’s minister Dominic Green said that the reforms would ‘give victims a real say in proceedings’."
"A victim’s emotions have no place in the criminal court. While we can, as human beings, acknowledge and pay due deference to the hardship of a criminal trial, particularly for the victims of the crimes under consideration, we must keep the central purpose of this ancient social ritual at the forefront of our minds. We cannot allow a victim-centred approach to justice to turn our courtrooms from the hopefully objective and impartial arbiters of the social will, into the organs of state-sanctioned revenge."
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/giving_vengeance_a_voice_in_court/14231#.UnUP91OAxCN
Showing posts with label Retaliation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Retaliation. Show all posts
Saturday, 2 November 2013
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Friday, 29 March 2013
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Stinson Hunted - Got It On Film, Cowardly Vigilante? - The Escalation Begins
"His registration plate. Have fun"
https://twitter.com/stinsonxhunter
Comment:
It will all be too late, when the penny drops, for Stinson.
Addendum (30/3/13; 15:55)
48 year old man comes to 15 year old girls house with a weapon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6eiaIZqxRA
http://instagram.com/p/XfGvdPyn94/
Comment:
Breach Of The Peace, by Stinson and Co. - at least.
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