#singlejusticeprocedure — Public Fediverse posts
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Haven't heard about "combined justice centres" in awhile. They were supposed to be the solution to court delays and holding suspects. Seems relevant with the "single justice procedure" being a government priority.
#UKPol #CombinedJusticeCentre #SingleJusticeProcedure #DavidLammy
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2026-03-10 2100-2130
The plans to limit jury trials in England and Wales
The Law ShowThe courts system in England and Wales is in an unprecedented crisis. The backlog has reached 80,000 cases, and some defendants are being told they won't be able to have a criminal trial until 2030.
The government has introduced the Courts and Tribunals Bill, which contains a raft of measures to tackle delays and bring down the backlog; but the Justice Secretary David Lammy has admitted that things are going to get even worse before they get better.
The most controversial change is a plan to restrict the number of jury trials. The right to judgement by your peers has existed for more than 800 years, but for some offences, that's going to end.
Defendants will lose the right to choose between a jury trial or a magistrate's hearing in so-called "either-way" offences.
Magistrates will get increased sentencing powers - up from 12 months to 18 months.
More serious criminal cases, with likely sentences of up to three years will now be heard by a single judge - and no jury.
And only the most serious "indictable" offences, like murder, manslaughter and rape and any other offence with a sentence of longer than three years will be heard by a jury.
But will the reforms make a difference?
Presenter: Dr Joelle Grogan
Producers: Ravi Naik and Charlotte Rowles
Editor: Tom BigwoodContributors:
Sarah Sackman KC, courts and legal services minister
Chris Kinch, KC, who until 2024 was a senior judge at Woolwich Crown Court in south London
David Ford, national chair of the Magistrates AssociationShow less
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#BBCRadio4 #BBCTheLawShow #DavidLammy #SingleJusticeProcedure
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Fictional Creation of the Fictional Judge System in Real Life Judge Dredd
The Judge System was created by David Lammy, then Secretary of State for Justice and Deputy Prime Minister of Tottenham street crime, between 2025 and 2031, to combat a rising tide of imaginary terrorism and to speed up the process of injustice. While there was heavy protest in all places where there are sane people over the idea of abandoning due process, the electorate was in favour and Dictator Keith Stalin (who supported Lammy's plan) was re-elected with a massive majority.
... yeah, right ... lol ...
The original uniforms heavily resembled those of normal Bobbies, albeit with busbies and heavy boob armour, and they rode ChatGPT powered Segways. Following the Third World War of 2032 and discovering that Dictator Keith Stalin had stolen the election (... oh ... now that 2024 election makes sense), the Judges seized power.
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#UK Pensioner, 82, convicted of unpaid car tax while in hospital for toe amputation
When prosecuted in scandal-hit #SingleJusticeProcedure, #secretive court, octogenarian wrote in to explain his medical woes, with copy of #hospital record
Not enough to avoid #criminal #conviction
#Elderly & #vulnerable are regularly harshly convicted over unpaid household bills a system dogged by #scandals where #magistrates sit in #private dealing with low-level criminal cases
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‘She wants to go to school’: parents of unwell child fear truancy prosecution | School attendance and absence | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/15/parents-unwell-child-fear-truancy-prosecution#SickKids
#Truancy
#TruancyProsection
#Migraine
#SingleJusticeProcedure
#MagistratesAssociation
#EHCP
#EHCPlan
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The #TVLicenceFeeScandal: why are 1,000 people a week being casually #criminalised?
Each year, tens of thousands of #UK citizens are charged with non-payment of their TV licence fee – from the man who missed payments while in hospital, to a woman with a brain injury who forgot to pay
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/29/tv-licence-fee-scandal-1000-people-week-casually-criminalised#ToryPoliciesInAction #SingleJusticeProcedure
#Law #Justice[sic] #CourtSystem #UnderfundingPublicServices