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Channel 4 plans to provide insight into the workings of the justice system with a four-part series titled "The Murder Retrial." The show will recreate a domestic violence case from 2012 using original transcripts, featuring two separate juries of real people who are unaware of each other. The trial will take place over ten days in an Essex courthouse, involving a man who admitted to killing his wife but claimed he lost control and was not guilty of murder. The series aims to explore whether different juries reach the same verdict when presented with identical evidence and assess the factors influencing their decisions. Channel 4 cited research from the Oxford Jury Project which found that juries disagreed in 23% of guilty verdicts and 38% of acquittals when 30 “shadow juries” watched real cases in Oxford crown court. A separate study by Chicago Law School, analysing more than 3,500 cases, found that judges disagreed with jury verdicts in 22% of cases. British judges raised “serious” doubts in 32% of acquittals. Channel 4’s head of factual entertainment, Alf Lawrie, said the show would ask “profound” questions about the justice system. “Lifting the lid on what most people know little about, this revealing show could be described as putting the jury system itself on trial,” he added. 
(Source: The Times)

What's your favourite courtroom film?

A gang have been convicted of plundering more than 50 homes and stealing around £300,000 of jewellery and cash during a series of break-ins across the West Midlands. Read the whole story 👇 west-midlands.police.uk/news…

"He would move heaven and earth to make sure everybody came home safely. No matter the cost to Matt, everyone else came first" Sergeant Matt Ratana was killed in the line of duty in 2020 and the man responsible has today been sentenced to a whole life order in prison #WeRemember Sgt Matt Ratana💙

Completely agree. Clerks and ushers are the lifeblood of the court system. Without them the courts would be even more chaotic.

🗣️ "It's important to have this sort of interaction and collaboration with countries in the UN" Senior project manager, Amar, spoke at the #CCPCJ32 event in Vienna to discuss video hearings and video evidence and how they support court users, victims and witnesses. Read more 👇

This is unreal 😭

How many new recruits failed first time around and asked to apply again after lowering entrance standards?

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Sheffield trial collapsed after juror overheard barrister discussing case in café located 150 yards from court flip.it/pOSQUR

In, quite possibly, the greatest listing ever, Robin Hood is finally being brought before the Recorder of Nottingham… one can only hope the Sherriff is en route too.

This a partly political broadcast on behalf of the Tory Party🤣 #ToriesOut220 #GeneralElectionNow #BBCBreakfast #bbclaurak #SkyNews

An interesting case with some novel arguments being deployed. It also deals with the often vexed issue of a police officer and their role in relation to CCTV presentation to a jury. Worth a quick read. crimeline.co.uk/hussain-2022…

Unfortunately, all things that happen so often they're taken as par for the course. Doesn't make it any less frustrating though. The new playback system seems a backwards step from the old Clickshare. Having a good DSO on site is more important than ever.

Experts also took a 20% pay cut in 2009.

If Dave doesn’t have the right tools, no one does!