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20 results found for '"Jury system"' in Keywords.
Notting Hill Carnival trial (1977)
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- News report
Report on a trial lasting 14 weeks in the Old Bailey, of 10 young men for actions during the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival. To reach their sentence, the jury were out for 170 hours, 23 minutes, the longest ever...
Alf Dubs on jury vetting bill (1979)
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- Interview
Alf Dubs MP discusses his 10-Minute Rule bill on jury vetting, and the damage that he feels the practice (which he hopes to abolish) is doing to our legal system. Male interviewer not identified.
Jury vetting case (1979)
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- Interview
Interview with an unidentified speaker about a court case in which four people were acquitted of charges of plotting to rob and arms offences, and where the jury was secretly vetted.
Liberal assembly - Northern Ireland, South Africa, jury vetting (1979)
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- News report; Speech
Report on proceedings on 27/09/79 at the Liberal Party assembly in Margate, with debate on Northern Ireland, jury vetting affair, and South African sporting links. Speaking are: Cyril Smith MP; Lord Basil...
Liberal assembly - Lord Wigoder on jury vetting (1979)
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- Speech
Speech by legal expert Lord Basil Wigoder, on 27/09/79 at the Liberal Party assembly in Margate, on the issue of jury vetting following a recent newspaper story.
Dale Sampson on Greensboro massacre (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with Dale Sampson, widow of Bill Sampson, about the Greensboro Massacre where Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi Party members shot dead her husband and 4 other handpicked demonstrators and the trial...
Lord Lucan case legal implications (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with legal expert Michael Zander on the legal implications of the disappearance of Lord Lucan who has not been seen since the murder of his children’s nanny 7 years ago. He can now be declared...
Judges manipulating rules (1981)
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- Interview
Interview on court cases where judges are manipulating their discretion to persuade people to plead guilty and not elect trial by jury to reduce legal aid payouts and the financial effect this is having on...
Ian Botham on assault verdict (1981)
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- News report; Press conference
Report on cricketer Ian Botham being found not guilty of assault. Ian Botham speaks to the press of his relief. Reporters not identified.
Jury trailing by police (1982)
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- News report
Tim Crook reports on the trailing of jurors by police in certain cases to prevent the distortion of evidence, and also examines the power of modern juries when compared with their historical precedents.