Dead defendants, secret courts, and a warning that things will get worse, not better, if we are not vigilant. Me, speaking to Spiked www.spiked-online.com/2024/10/20/b...
Tristan Kirk on how the ‘single-justice procedure’ makes a mockery of open justice.
An NHS worker who got Long Covid in the pandemic, prosecuted for unpaid tax on a broken-down car as she battled debilitating health conditions Convicted #SingleJusticeProcedure Maybe a prosecution was unavoidable, but shouldn't prosecutors like DVLA at least know who they are going after?
I would say that, although mitigation is primarily intended for magistrates, in these cases it can play a dual function. Prosecutors, I would say, have a duty to keep public interest under review throughout, and are failing by engaging in a system that prevents them from fulfilling the duty
In cases like this, the mitigation is often the 1st time a defendant has set out their circumstances, to anyone Prosecutor can stop cases that aren't in the public interest, but in fast-track courts they are cut out of the process when mitigation arrives. So the chance is missed.
Yet another example of a cruel policy that should simply be reversed.
Delighted to join this fantastic podcast for an in-depth chat about the Single Justice Procedure, the crumbling courts, and the pressing need for justice to be a priority for this government.
⚖️NEW QUIET RIOT📈 Mass errors creeping into our crumbling justice system especially in Single Justice Procedures. Can Labour find money to fix it? @pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk to @kirkkorner.bsky.social. 🔴 open.spotify.com/episode/2969... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 17/10/2024 · 1h 4m
This is today's story from the #SingleJusticeProcedurewww.standard.co.uk/news/crime/s... Harsh justice is a theme of this process
A dying man has been prosecuted and convicted in the fast-track Single Justice Procedure over lapsed van insurance www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/s... This is a court process designed for speed, cost-cutting, and 'efficiency', with little regard for mercy and human decency
The case was dealt with in the Single Justice Procedure, a secretive fast-track courts system which the government is under pressure to reform