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• The Guardian view on rap and drill music: a song should not land the young in jail | Editorial

  30-07-2023 19:25
  
  The use of lyrics, music videos and audio recordings in court to prosecute people raises issues of prejudice and free expressionIn the past three years, the courtroom fate of more than 240 people in the UK – almost all young black men – has been decided, partly, by their taste in music, namely the genres of rap, grime and drill. This trend raises troubling questions of freedom of expression, racial prejudice and the place of art in court.The data was uncovered by the University of Ma
  
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• ‘Excluded from justice’: court prevents family of victim from addressing assailant

  30-07-2023 19:12
  
  David Quigley, 69, died in October after being beaten in his own home by a 15-year-old boyThe brother of a man who died after being assaulted in his own home said he had been “excluded from justice” after magistrates barred him from court because his presence would put the teenage attacker under “undue stress”.Tom Quigley called on the Ministry of Justice to ensure bereaved relatives are not excluded from the court process after he was prevented from reading out a victim&
  
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• Amy Remeikis on rape culture, the good bloke myth and sex ed –podcast

  30-07-2023 17:00
  
  In the same week a sex education book for teens was pulled from a major retailer’s shelves, a Senate inquiry heard shocking evidence of how universities are failing victims of sexual violence.Guardian Australia political reporter Amy Remeikis speaks to Gabrielle Jackson on the need to reform Australia’s consent laws.Read More: Continue reading...
  
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