#open-justice — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #open-justice, aggregated by home.social.
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Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK’s largest court reporting database
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CJR argues that transparency didn't delay justice for R. Kelly or Jeffrey Epstein; prosecutors did. Secrecy and "sweetheart" deals protected predators for years, while journalism and public pressure helped force action. Survivors like Annie Farmer have called for full transparency on the Epstein files.
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/transparency-justice-r-kelly-jeffrey-epstein-prosecutor-system-victims.php
#Transparency #Accountability #PressFreedom #OpenJustice #Epstein #RKelly -
"After getting down to 24 months' jail, he noted Temple's risk of reoffending was low, and the wishes of the victim's family, who didn't want to see him jailed.
Labelling the circumstances of the case as "highly unusual", he converted the sentence to 12 months' home detention."
#BelindaFeek, #OpenJustice reporter,
#NZHerald, 2025Sometimes, just sometimes, we get justice *and* compassion.
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#OpenJustice spun out of the Conflict Analytics Lab at Queen’s University, is one of five self-hosted tools recommended for legal professionals in an update from the #Proxeus team https://medium.com/proxeus/retrospectives-33f8bf049c60
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UK Court Rejects Secrecy in Apple’s iCloud Encryption Dispute with the UK Home Office
#ApplePrivacy #EndToEndEncryption #iCloudSecurity #iCloud #Surveillance #UK #Cybersecurity #DataProtection #Backdoors #OpenJustice #TechRegulation
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#23daystocelebrateOpenEducation
#day4 💥
@Open Education Global’s CCCOER funded for the 4th & 5th years of #OFAR
OFAR works with faculty to encourage Antiracist Classrooms in #CaliforniaCommunityColleges
Over 3 years, it has worked with 150 faculty at nearly 40 colleges, impacting over 4,000 California students
#OpenMatters #OpenEducation #classroomculture #equity #DEI #educationjustice #antiracistclassrooms #openjustice
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On Tuesday the ACT supreme court considered whether to publish sentencing remarks about the man, known by the pseudonym Alan Johns and also as Witness J, who was jailed in complete secrecy after pleading guilty and being convicted for the disclosure of confidential information. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/apr/04/sentencing-details-in-secret-witness-j-trial-may-be-kept-hidden-for-20-years-court-told #auslaw #auspol #confidentialinformation #openjustice
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Good news — “in 2023 the Ministry of Justice will launch a wide-ranging call for evidence exploring the themes of open justice, access to information and data, and transparency across our courts and tribunals” https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmjust/1040/report.html #legalInformatics #openJustice
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CW: Autism Suicidality
I spent 3wks reporting 19yr old Chris Nota's Article 2 inquest in September, before it had to be adjourned due to Essex NHS Trust failing to disclose documents to investigators they'd commissioned to conduct an investigation.
The coroner, Sean Horstead, sat for 3 days this week, concluding numerous failings and missed opportunities probably more than minimally contributed to Chris's death
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-64186669
#OpenJustice #autism #LearningDisability #DeathByIndifference
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Sharing for the week day crew. This piece by @Saba_Salman is so heart breaking.
What happened to Connor was horrendous, and the deceit and obfuscation that followed, just as horrendous.
@truth4connor and other bereaved families shouldn't need to fight for answers, yet we see that's the case time and time and time again.
The coroner was pretty outspoken on the lack of transparency by the Children's Trust charity too
#Disability #OpenJustice #HumanRights
https://bylinetimes.com/2022/12/09/deaths-in-care-how-can-you-move-on-if-theres-no-accountability/
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@jtownend @Maggotlaw always happy to tak coroners courts, I think the default assumption is they’re open because in one sense they’re very open, but in another there is so much variation, it’s a little like the Wild West out there at times.
For me personally remote access has transformed how much and what I can cover, it’s been brilliant, altho it concerns me what is missed/goes on mostly unwitnessed where remote access isn’t facilitated #OpenJustice
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Not sure how many of the people I'm connected to here are interested in #OpenJustice but have read two pieces by @jtownend today that are incredibly relatable/interesting
1) Judith's blog post: The practical reality of open justice and what can be done: reflections on the justice committee’s new report https://openinfoandideas.wordpress.com/2022/11/12/the-practical-reality-of-open-justice-and-what-can-be-done-reflections-on-the-justice-committees-new-report/
2) (Open access) Paper from last year: Remote trial and error: how COVID-19 changed public access to court proceedings https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17577632.2021.1979844 by Judith and @Maggotlaw
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@jtownend sorry I wasn't clear, in that I agree, because I don't think it's really so much about resourcing issues or technology if they're offering hybrid hearings that others can attend (and only public/press can't).
Part of me bristles at having to give a reason to attend remotely too, because that feels like #openjustice if those with the power grant it and deem you 'suitable'. Still (relatively) early days though I guess.
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@jtownend great blog. It definitely feels easier to get remote access to coroner's courts (altho almost always at the coroner's discretion still), but I applied to join a hybrid Care Standards Tribunal hearing last week and was informed that press and public had to turn up in person. Which seems a blanket no and so far from what it could be #transparency #openjustice