Can jury-less trials save our justice system?
“Justice delayed is justice denied” – and our courts are clogged to the point where they barely function.
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Does Labour seriously want to “castrate the paedos”?
Shabana Mahmood is smuggling liberal policies under a tabloid cloak.
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Can Labour make prison work?
Why Shabana Mahmood is offering liberal reforms with a conservative ethos.
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The prisons crisis demands a new era of reform
We must break the cycle of short sentences and reoffending.
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Robert Jenrick and the myth of “two-tier justice”
New sentencing guidelines have become the tool of cynical politicians playing divide-and-conquer politics.
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How to fix the prisons crisis
The political bidding war over tougher sentences must end.
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The riots have exposed just how broken the justice system is
It’s difficult to be tough on crime when the court system is on the brink of collapse.
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Can Labour end our national addiction to prison?
The new government should focus on reducing demand on our prisons rather than expensively building new ones.
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Reform of the legal system is imperative
Those who aspire to lead must embody the seven principles of public life.
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Teresa Thornhill: “The system keeps some children safe, but fails others”
The former child protection lawyer on how overstretched social services endanger families.
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The Jury: Murder Trial and the misogyny of the British public
This disquieting Channel 4 series reveals the shocking way some men still talk about women.
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From Windrush to the Post Office, I find a Britain losing its faith in fair play
At the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry I met Mark Kelly, who has lost everything he worked for.
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Pia Sinha: how criminal gangs are taking over prisons
The ex-prison governor and justice reformer on a crumbling British penal system.
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Nothing fails as hard as the British justice system
Everybody knows how to fix Britain’s prisons – so why hasn’t that happened yet?
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Prisons are at breaking point
Political parties compete over punishing offenders – but the prison population has already doubled since 1993.
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Ex-Met Police detective: “We made suspects bolder and braver”
Jess McDonald, who left the Metropolitan Police two years ago, opens up about the problems – and misconceptions – of…
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If Dominic Raab goes, will his beloved Bill of Rights go with him?
The much-derided bill would be unlikely to survive the resignation of the under-fire justice secretary.
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Labour’s new mantra on crime: “punish, prevent, protect”
Steve Reed, the shadow justice secretary, promises a novel approach focused on the “trauma” that leads to offending.
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The Tories have broken Britain’s justice system – Labour can fix it
From huge court backlogs to unacceptable reoffending rates, it’s no wonder the public has lost faith in the system.
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The British justice system is broken – and its new IT system is making things worse
Legal professionals have reported instances where the final verdicts for cases added to the new portal have changed unexpectedly.
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