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Secret courts: the essential guide

The justice and security bill's critics believe that secret justice cannot constitute a fair trial. Photograph: Chris Young/PA 1. The issue at a glance2. The legal origins3. Why are secret trials in…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 25, 2012
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3392 words)

Clive Stafford Smith: 'The jury system in this country is utter insanity'

'The worse the crime, the more obvious the explanation' … Clive Stafford Smith. Photograph: Graeme Robertson Clive Stafford Smith's son Wilf is only three, but must have formed a pretty low opinion…
PUBLISHED: July 8, 2012
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2504 words)
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