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Former minister suggests broadcasting Lucy Letby’s sentencing to her cell

20-08-2023 16:47

Tory Robert Buckland, a former justice secretary, says killer nurse should have ‘nowhere to hide’ if she won’t attend courtLucy Letby’s sentencing should be broadcast into her cell if she refuses to attend court, a former justice secretary has said, as the government says it is still committed to forcing criminals to face judgment in person.Robert Buckland, a senior Conservative, said the court currently had no power to compel Letby to attend but playing the sentence into

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Israeli embassy officials attempted to influence UK court cases, documents suggest

20-08-2023 16:00

Exclusive: papers appear to show embassy officials pressing attorney general’s office over Palestine Action protestersIsraeli embassy officials in London attempted to get the attorney general’s office to intervene in UK court cases relating to the prosecution of protesters, documents seen by the Guardian suggest.The papers, obtained through a freedom of information (FoI) request by Palestine Action, indicate that embassy officials pressed for the director general of the attorney gene

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The terrible power of the state to ruin lives was exposed by the case of Andrew Malkinson | Sonia Sodha

20-08-2023 09:02

Reversing a wrongful conviction is an almost insurmountable taskWe like to think that our criminal justice system locks up criminals and exonerates the innocent. A comforting working assumption; but the reality is more complex. High-profile miscarriages of justice – and the years some spend wrongfully in prison – are signs that the system sometimes gets it dreadfully wrong. One way of designing out wrongful convictions is through a demanding evidentiary threshold: to convict someone,

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‘Heartless’ government fails to fill two key human rights watchdog roles

20-08-2023 07:00

Campaigners say rape and trafficking victims have been betrayed by the Tories’ failure to appoint commissioners to defend themGovernment ministers have “heartlessly” betrayed rape and trafficking victims after failing to fill two key independent watchdog roles designed to defend human rights, campaigners have said.Next month, the role of the victims’ commissioner for England and Wales will have been left vacant for a year, at a time when vital legislation is passing throu

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