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Trials Without Juries
The mandatory imposition of juryless trials on Scots by WOKE activist SNP politicians ignoring legal guidance in preference for an emotional response is unacceptable - a woman who was raped explains why!!!!!
10th May 2023 -
caltonjock
- 57 views
Critics of Lady Dorrian’s proposal contend that the act of removing trial by jury introduces the probability of bias that a defendant accused of rape or sexual assault is guilty. So trial by a judge starts with the accused being considered guilty and the defending barrister needs to prove beyond doubt that their client is innocent. Rough justice indeed
10th Dec 2021 -
caltonjock
- 36 views
The cunning old cat might have described Lady Dorrian’s proposals for trials in which a Judge would sit as prosecutor, judge, and jury. Certainly Carroll’s satirical doggerel starkly foreshadows a lack of procedural safeguards, including a probability of bias that a defendant accused of rape or sexual assault in the courts of Scotland should her proposals be implemented
5th Dec 2021 -
caltonjock
- 38 views