Criminal justice system
- Title
- Criminal justice system
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1982
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- Duration
- 00:03:35
- Description
- Report on the importance of press coverage of cases, in the context of a recent new law affecting the reporting of trials, and with reference to the Thalidomide compensation case. Also examines the backlog of appeal cases. James Miskin and current Master of the Rolls, Sir John Donaldson comment. Male reporter not identified (poss. Tim Crook).
- Contributors
- John Donaldson; Tim Crook?; James Miskin
- Keywords
- Legislation; Legal procedure; Law; Thalidomide; Compensation; Mass media; Courts; Legal decisions; News flow; Journalists; Judges; Criminal justice system; Appeals; Press coverage; Courts of Appeal
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