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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (42748)	12/8/2003 7:49:49 AM
From: macavity	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Habeas Corpus. 1215 - Magna Carta - Runnymede. R.I.P 2003 Criminal Justice Bill. They are getting rid of it gradually in the UK. Proposals are underway to get rid of: 1)Trial by Jury - Jury deemed to dumb to understand the facts, especially in financial cases. 2)Trial without prejudice - Juries will be informed of previous past demenours/crimes/allegations esp. in physical abuse and rape trials, but this is going to be extended to other perhaps fraud. And here is the best of the bunch. If you are accused of assault and found innocent then you can still have a restraining order placed upon you limiting movement and abode. (I think this is just for domestic violence). Basically education in the UK is so poor that people do not understand the implications of what is going on. It seems that peoples' desire for more criminals to be locked up overrides their desire for justice. They do not seem to understand that cutbacks means that they just release them after a 1/3 of their sentences. And this from the country that periodically locked up Irish men, who were 'fitted up' as being terrorists, just cause they spoke with a Mick (Irish) accent, and policemen 'would never lie'. -macavity