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• Local justice is being murdered by cuts and closures - The Guardian

  04-12-2016 20:19 via theguardian.com
  
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  Local justice is being murdered by cuts and closures
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  'As one of many who resigned from the magistracy last year, I was not surprised to read that more and more justices of the peace are resigning,' writes Paul Faupel. Photograph: DenKuvaiev/Getty/iStock. Letters. Sunday 4 December 2016 14.17 EST.
  
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• Local justice is being murdered by cuts and closures | Letters

  04-12-2016 20:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Your account of the continuing implosion of the magistrates courts system (Cuts and low morale trigger exodus of magistrates, 30 November) should be heeded urgently by the government and society generally.It is not just the court closures (more than 10% already this year) and the disillusion which underlies an accelerating resignation of magistrates, but the profound impact on our civic culture. Unpaid justices of the peace, let us not forget, constitute the backbone of the criminal justice syst
  
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• Is it strictly necessary to see Ed Balls so much? | Brief letters

  04-12-2016 20:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Prison crisis | Combat-related compensation | House of Cards | Recycling the Sport section | Daily Mail | Ed BallsIt is correct that “the government has already announced a plan to recruit 2,500 extra prison officers” (Deal raises hopes of end to prisons crisis, 2 December), but that will still leave the service 4,500 short of the staffing level it had four years ago. I’m awaiting a reply to a written question I have tabled seeking clarification of how many more staff will have
  
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• Gina Miller: supreme court judges on Brexit case are being vilified

  04-12-2016 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Lead claimant in case also says newspaper coverage has incited violence against her and prevented her leading normal lifeThe supreme court judges who will decide whether the government has the right to trigger article 50 without a parliamentary vote have been disgracefully vilified, according to the lead claimant in the case.
  Gina Miller, whose dramatic victory in the high court led to accusations that she and the judiciary were trying to thwart the will of the people, also claimed newspaper cov
  
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• Hollywood's rape culture is our culture

  04-12-2016 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  How can one react to the unrepentant admission by Bernardo Bertolucci that he and Marlon Brando conspired to rape Maria Schneider on the set of Last Tango in Paris?These are not easy days to be a feminist in America. The film industry, as well as other progressives in American society, are still reeling over the election of a man who admits to having sexually assaulted women, knowingly using his celebrity to exploit them. Over the last several days a video surfaced (thank you, Elle) from a 2013
  
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• Hollywood's rape culture is a reflection of our culture

  04-12-2016 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  How can one react to the unrepentant admission by Bernardo Bertolucci that he and Marlon Brando conspired to rape Maria Schneider on the set of Last Tango in Paris?These are not easy days to be a feminist in America. The film industry, as well as other progressives in American society, are still reeling over the election of a man who admits to having sexually assaulted women, knowingly using his celebrity to exploit them. Over the last several days a video surfaced (thank you, Elle) from a 2013
  
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• The Guardian view on Christianity in Britain: neither here nor there | Editorial

  04-12-2016 19:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Britain struggles with the uneasy legacy of the much more religious country it once wasSomething very strange is going on. The chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission feels he must tell employers it is OK to celebrate Christmas, and that this will not offend unbelievers. The prime minister announces in parliament that of course people should be able to speak freely about their religious convictions. A thinktank argues that there should be a duty of “reasonable accommodati
  
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• Sir Mota Singh obituary

  04-12-2016 18:44 via theguardian.com
  
  My brother Sir Mota Singh, who has died aged 86, was the first ethnic minority judge in England when he was appointed in 1982. He forsook the traditional judge’s wig for a turban when sitting at Southwark crown court, London, where he served for more than 20 years.He was born in Nairobi, Kenya, the eldest of seven children – he had five brothers and a sister – of Dalip Singh Matharu, a garage proprietor, and his wife, Harnam. Aged 16 Mota was forced to assume responsibility for
  
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• Last Tango scandal shows toxic extent of male power in the film industry | Peter Bradshaw

  04-12-2016 17:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Marlon Brando and Bernardo Bertolucci’s prioritisation of cinema over human feelings is the tip of the iceberg in industry that has seen abuse go unchallenged for decadesMy female friends and colleagues, online and off, have been bleakly unimpressed this weekend by a recent display of bland and worldly impenitence from Bernardo Bertolucci about how he created the “butter” scene in the 1972 film Last Tango in Paris, starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider. But they are still
  
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• May urged to address human rights concerns in trade deal with Gulf

  04-12-2016 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  PM traveling to Bahrain for Gulf Cooperation Council summit in pursuit of first post-Brexit trade deal with blocTheresa May has been urged not to set aside human rights concerns in pursuit of a lucrative post-Brexit free trade deal with the Gulf states when she visits Bahrain this week. May is traveling to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) annual summit in Manama. The largest political party in Bahrain has been banned from the summit and both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have been heavily cr
  
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• Campaigners welcome plan for killer drivers to face life sentences

  04-12-2016 14:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Motorists who cause death by dangerous or careless driving could face longer in prison under plans unveiled by ministersDangerous drivers who kill while using a mobile phone at the wheel could face a life sentence under new plans unveiled by ministers, bringing the punishment in line with those charged with manslaughter. Motorists who cause death by speeding or street racing – or through careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs – could also be handed life sentence
  
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• I fought the law: meet the super-litigants

  04-12-2016 08:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Some people who represent themselves in court spend months, even years, battling for justice. So why do they go on? Here are four who refused to give upIt’s an October afternoon at the Royal Courts of Justice, central London. In a high-ceilinged, stone-floored corridor, barristers in black gowns and white wigs flick through fat files. A trio of dark-suited solicitors talk in low tones. The word “redacted” drifts up out of their conversation.
  A few yards away, there’s a ro
  
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• Last Tango in Paris director suggests Maria Schneider 'butter rape' scene not consensual

  04-12-2016 03:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Bernardo Bertolucci sparks outrage after 2013 interview surfaces in which he says he ‘wanted her reaction as a girl, not as an actress’Comments by Last Tango in Paris director Bernardo Bertolucci that he conspired with Marlon Brando to film a graphic rape scene without the consent of 19-year-old actor Maria Schneider has prompted outrage in Hollywood.
  Speaking in a video from 2013 that surfaced recently, Bertolucci said he and Brando came up with the idea to shoot the infamous assaul
  
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• Last Tango in Paris director says Maria Schneider butter rape scene not consensual

  04-12-2016 03:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Bernardo Bertolucci sparks outrage after 2013 interview surfaces in which he says he ‘wanted her reaction as a girl, not as an actress’An admission by Last Tango in Paris director Bernardo Bertolucci that he conspired with Marlon Brando to film a graphic rape scene without the consent of 19-year-old actor Maria Schneider has prompted outrage in Hollywood.
  Speaking in a video from 2013 that surfaced recently, Bertolucci said he and Brando came up with the idea to shoot the infamous as
  
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• 'Justice' Thai-style - Bangkok Post

  04-12-2016 01:32 via bangkokpost.com
  
  'Justice' Thai-style
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  Re: "Police ponder legal action in abbot ordeal", (BP, Dec 2). The inability of the DSI to arrest Phra Dhammajayo has descended into farce. In all probability he is no longer ensconced in Wat Phra Dhammakaya, despite what authorities say. With so many ...and more »
  
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• 'Fleet Street legend' hardly seems to do Vincent Dowling justice - The Guardian

  04-12-2016 01:06 via theguardian.com
  
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  'Fleet Street legend' hardly seems to do Vincent Dowling justice
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  John Bellingham assassinates Spencer Perceval in the lobby of the House of Commons, 11 May 1812. Illustration: Alamy. Jamie Doward. Saturday 3 December 2016 19.05 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing ...
  
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• Dangerous drivers who kill could face life sentence

  04-12-2016 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers to consult on increase in 14-year upper limit for causing death by speeding, street racing or while using a mobileDangerous drivers who kill are set to face life sentences under plans put forward by ministers. Those causing death by speeding, street racing or while using a mobile phone will face the same sentences as people charged with manslaughter.Offenders who cause death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs could also be handed life sentences – an i
  
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• David Neuberger: the judge with the nation’s eager eyes upon him | Observer profile

  04-12-2016 01:04 via theguardian.com
  
  As president of the supreme court, he’ll be hit by a firestorm if the government’s article 50 appeal is rejected. But what kind of man is he and what of his 10 colleagues making this key decision?This week, the supreme court of the United Kingdom will hear the government’s article 50 appeal in what promises, with its live TV coverage and internet streaming, to be the court’s most contentious and closely followed case since its establishment seven years ago.At that time, t
  
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• Drive For Justice campaign victory - Lancashire Evening Post

  04-12-2016 01:03 via lep.co.uk
  
  Drive For Justice campaign victory
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  OUR Drive For Justice campaign lobbying for harsher punishements for those who kill or seriously injure on our roads has achieved success on behalf of bereaved families who have lost loved ones in crashes. Killer drivers may face life sentences as the ...and more »
  
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• Drive for Justice campaign: Life sentences plan for killer motorists - The Star

  04-12-2016 01:03 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Drive for Justice campaign: Life sentences plan for killer motorists
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  Major changes to death by dangerous driving laws will see judges given new powers to sentence convicted motorists who have killed someone while speeding, street racing or on a mobile phone to life in jail instead of the current maximum term of 14 years.and more »
  
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