My utterly pointless experience of Jury Service a number of years back taught me (& the gossipy court ushers confirmed) Lots of cases go as far as the last minute before 'plea bargaining' takes place, this saves the courts time and money and gives certainty of (some) a conviction. Eg even those in prison if they claim innocent whilst held in prison before the case have enhanced rights etc. During the 2 weeks I did jury service, only one case went to trial. (he'd been caught red handed) the record in one court had been 3 months without actually going to jury. I assume its the same to a degree for those still in the community before trial.
Would you out it like that and feel the same If the person getting assaulted by him or the one being stabbed was your child?.
If it was your own child you'd probably want the culprit hung, drawn and quartered, but that's not going to happen either. The law has to take it's course whether we like it or not.
I know that football's got into the Heather Mills stuff recently, but can we leave it there please. Ta.
Sorry for any innocents dragged in by the hoover during that clean up, but that was only heading one way, and I'm not picking through who said what.
I want to break free,I want to break free.... Oops,wrong thread,the word Hoover conjures up a certain image..
I saw a couple of murder trials back in the 80's and they were an eye opener. On chap was found guilty after stabbing someone as he stole a carpet in a robbery. The other was not guilty after bashing his wife's head on the hearth in a row. Clearly neither case was as simple as I presented it here, but it showed me that the law isn't always easy to figure out from the sidelines. The details, and the relevent nuance are what it's about, not the headline. What seems most important to me now is punishment where it's due and the guilty sorting their lives out afterwards.
