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Why Would This Be A Secret Trial?
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The article says for 'reasons of national security'. Can anyone elaborate on this?!
The article says for 'reasons of national security'. Can anyone elaborate on this?!
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and that the defendants are involved in more than one plot? so maybe there are other cases to consider, so secrecy at this stage could prevent other matters they may be involved in being reported on, or that they are high profile individuals. i don't like the idea of any court held in secret however, its not what our judicial system should be based upon, but until we know a little more what can one add.
Because evidence at the trial my compromise sources or techniques of surveillance. If the exact way some of the information was rathered is revealed, future terrorists may modify their behaviour to avoid detection.
I am a little perturbed by the idea that we can send people to prison for life, but that the evidence is not open to scrutiny and therefore cannot be tested. Sounds like a recipe for appeals and won't do our international reputation any good. We can hardly complain about secret courts in North Korea, if we used the same practices.
I am a little perturbed by the idea that we can send people to prison for life, but that the evidence is not open to scrutiny and therefore cannot be tested. Sounds like a recipe for appeals and won't do our international reputation any good. We can hardly complain about secret courts in North Korea, if we used the same practices.
Sometimes public safety has to come first. This idea does not sit well will the arrogant metropolitan liberal elite who prefer the perpetrator to have beter rights than the victim or potential victim.
I am not quite sure how you can compare this idea with North Korea. For starters no one is going to be marched out and shot because Dave or her maj say so.
I am not quite sure how you can compare this idea with North Korea. For starters no one is going to be marched out and shot because Dave or her maj say so.
// In the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, Anthony Hudson, for the media groups, said the case was a “totally unprecedented departure from the principle of open justice” and required the judges’ “most anxious scrutiny”.
“We submit that the orders made mark such a significant departure from the principle of open justice that they are inconsistent with the rule of law and democratic accountability,” he said.
“As far as we are aware no order has ever been made that requires the entire criminal trial to be held in private, with the media excluded and defendants anonymous.”
He told the judges: “This appeal raises important issues relating to not only the constitutional principle of open justice but also the equally important principle of fairness and natural justice. //
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“We submit that the orders made mark such a significant departure from the principle of open justice that they are inconsistent with the rule of law and democratic accountability,” he said.
“As far as we are aware no order has ever been made that requires the entire criminal trial to be held in private, with the media excluded and defendants anonymous.”
He told the judges: “This appeal raises important issues relating to not only the constitutional principle of open justice but also the equally important principle of fairness and natural justice. //
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No I cannot elaborate on the decision.
However, I don't know what all the fuss is about. Trials are held in secret all over England and Wales every day of the week - in the Youth Courts. Almost all proceedings against people aged under 18 are held behind closed doors with only the participants and officers of the court allowed to be present. The press and public (including victims, except in very limited circumstances) are not allowed into court and no reports of the proceedings are permitted to be published by the media. Press reports today speak of an "assault on justice". Well to my mind a far greater assault on justice occurs in the youth courts every day where, for example, 17 year old repeat burglars can be dealt with in secret and nobody knows who they are or how they were dealt with. One case, albeit involving serious allegations, is small beer by comparison. I hope, emmie, that your dislike of secret justice (which I share wholeheartedly) extends to the Youth Courts.
However, I don't know what all the fuss is about. Trials are held in secret all over England and Wales every day of the week - in the Youth Courts. Almost all proceedings against people aged under 18 are held behind closed doors with only the participants and officers of the court allowed to be present. The press and public (including victims, except in very limited circumstances) are not allowed into court and no reports of the proceedings are permitted to be published by the media. Press reports today speak of an "assault on justice". Well to my mind a far greater assault on justice occurs in the youth courts every day where, for example, 17 year old repeat burglars can be dealt with in secret and nobody knows who they are or how they were dealt with. One case, albeit involving serious allegations, is small beer by comparison. I hope, emmie, that your dislike of secret justice (which I share wholeheartedly) extends to the Youth Courts.
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