I was talking yesterday with someone about the way that all police recorded crimes start out as allegations until they have been investigated (albeit we tend not to describe eg burglaries in those terms). Here, an alleged murder was found to be lawful self-defence. #crimestats

I want every single person (overwhelmingly, men) claiming feminists have been hateful during the gender wars to follow this link. Don't forget to look through all the pages. Now show us your evidence that gender critical women have behaved similarly.
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Hi Crime, History & Societies Our Criminal Past and The historical crimes and criminals podcast your followers might be interested in this online History talk happening 12pm 18th April: 'Serial Poisoners and the Psychology of Crime.' All welcome. DM me for the Zoom link

The latest edition of Proof magazine is out next week and I’ve written a piece reflecting on Andrew Malkinson’s case.

If you want to know more about miscarriages of justice and why they keep happening, the articles in here will be a good place to start.

Greater Manchester Police say they're investigating Angela Rayner. But Scott Wortley tells me it's a waste of time and resources: ft.com/content/329ff2… The law involved has a one-year time limit for prosecutions.

The Vindication of Britain's Feminists: the Cass Review is a slam dunk and even people - mostly men - very careful to blame 'both sides' for a 'toxic' should recognise that one side was, you know, actually right. alexmassie.substack.com/p/the-vindicat…

Join our team!

We are hiring a criminal justice lawyer, for a full-time fixed term 12-month contract, with the possibility of renewal. (1/3)

#charityjobs #legaltwitter

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The forensic regulator has informed scientists we should adhere to x, y & z at a huge cost but there are 3 failures that happen in a most big cases:

1. Poor disclosure - very rarely right first time.
2. Disclosure very late so everything done in a rush.
3. Funding issues.

“Almost half of UK vice-chancellors expect their university to run at a loss this year.” Finally a piece on higher ed in a major media outlet by someone — ⁦Hannah Rose Woods⁩ — who actually understands what they are talking about!! newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

More legal expertise than you can shake a stick at next Tuesday afternoon, when Joshua Rozenberg Dr Hannah Quirk Robert Craig and James Chalmers give evidence to Justice Committee on the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill

committees.parliament.uk/event/21313/fo…

BBC News Coverage of the trial and sentencing of Scarlet Blake | Contact the BBC

Really important finding by the BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit bbc.co.uk/contact/ecu/bb…

New blog post! In this contribution, Charlotte Walker draws on empirical data and examines the experiences of unrepresented defendants in the magistrates' court.

defendingvulnerability.wordpress.com/2024/04/12/unr…

Dennis Noel Kavanagh We also commissioned advice, from Sarah Vine KC. It critiques Kearns' amendment.
We've shared it with shadow cabinet leads for Criminal Justice Bill & #ConversionPracticesBans .
The The Guardian has just now reported Dr Cass' warnings about CP Ban proposals...
labourwomensdeclaration.org.uk/advice-from-sa…

A Substack that isn't about hate crime: some notes about Scottish crime rates, perceptions of crime and the effect these have on criminal law-making. open.substack.com/pub/jameschalm…

Fmr Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick says govt proposals to build more jails are “utterly bonkers”, arguing even if they spent billions on new cells, they wouldn’t be able to spend it fast enough to keep pace with increasing population

Sima Kotecha investigates:

How do prisons create cultures that encourage prisoners to make better use of their time in custody?

Our new thematic review 'Improving behaviour in prisons' explores this.

Read the report here: justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/ins…

And see our media release: justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/med…

Higher education blues! Feel so sad for friends and colleagues at Goldsmiths - there is a longer historic aspect to this tragedy about the legacy of community education but also the signal it sends through the whole sector. theguardian.com/education/2024…

TRAPPED IN A PATTERN OF PAIN
WHERE NO ONE CAN HELP

by Andrea Dworkin

From the Los Angeles TimesJune 26, 1994

You won't ever know the worst that happened to Nicole Brown Simpson in her marriage, because she is dead and cannot tell you. And if she were alive, remember, you…

A lot of people are very critical if the decision to charge Flack, but unless the reporting is wildly wrong, she was treated no differently to every client I've represented in similar circumstances.
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Testing whether R v Brown is still good law? 😜