I agree, I understand in Scotland juries can return a verdict of “not proven” as an alternative to not guilty.
Singletons argument is little better than a head-shaking old woman saying “there’s no smoke without fire”
Sadly it is part of a trend. Prosecutions regularly apply now to adduce “bad character evidence” to show “propensity”-and this evidence can include instances where the defendant was previously acquitted (or even arrested but not charged)
[...] Authority (ISA) are very much to do with how they've decided to go about doing their job (see my letter to Sir Roger Singleton for an example), some of the problems are to do with how the law has been [...]
[...] a letter to my MP: I emailed Sir Roger Singleton [see letter here] on 14 September about my concerns with the way the Independent Safeguarding Authority’s [...]
[...] Last month I recounted the Home Office’s repeated failures to reply to my letters, including one to Sir Roger Singleton of the Independent Safeguarding Authority which was passed on to them and was about the ISA’s [...]
[...] I previsously wrote, I emailed Sir Roger Singleton [see letter here] on 14 September about my concerns with the way the Independent Safeguarding Authority’s [...]
What I’ve been reading (via LibDig.co.uk)
I agree, I understand in Scotland juries can return a verdict of “not proven” as an alternative to not guilty.
Singletons argument is little better than a head-shaking old woman saying “there’s no smoke without fire”
Sadly it is part of a trend. Prosecutions regularly apply now to adduce “bad character evidence” to show “propensity”-and this evidence can include instances where the defendant was previously acquitted (or even arrested but not charged)
Brilliant letter to the ISA by Mark Pack http://bit.ly/buf8y
[...] Authority (ISA) are very much to do with how they've decided to go about doing their job (see my letter to Sir Roger Singleton for an example), some of the problems are to do with how the law has been [...]
[...] my letter to Sir Roger Singleton about the ISA's apparent reluctance to believe that a jury may acquit because it is sure someone is [...]
[...] a letter to my MP: I emailed Sir Roger Singleton [see letter here] on 14 September about my concerns with the way the Independent Safeguarding Authority’s [...]
[...] Last month I recounted the Home Office’s repeated failures to reply to my letters, including one to Sir Roger Singleton of the Independent Safeguarding Authority which was passed on to them and was about the ISA’s [...]
[...] I previsously wrote, I emailed Sir Roger Singleton [see letter here] on 14 September about my concerns with the way the Independent Safeguarding Authority’s [...]