Outside the system
Category: Crime and Justice
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Spy Kids – Gambling with Children’s Lives
Campaigners warn that any use of targets for more teenage spies would be “gambling with children’s lives” while insiders allege police are being told to “Get more kids, get them younger”.
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UPDATED: Julian Assange appears in Court – what happens next?
Following confirmation that Julian Assange has been arrested – twice – today, Byline Times provides the background to his legal battles and asks which allegations will be prioritised.
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The Justice Trap: Sacrificed to the System
Jon Robins on how even the intervention of an Appeal Court Judge has failed to help a family caught up in child sexual abuse conviction
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The Justice Trap: Joint Enterprise Part 2
Jon Robin’s second account of how the law of joint enterprise “exposes all that is wrong in our justice system”.
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A PHONE HACKING HIT? How Jill Dando was Tracked to her Doorstep
While the detective leading the inquiry into the television presenter’s murder says the case will never be solved, Byline Times reveals a crucial clue the police missed.
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The Justice Trap: Joint Enterprise
Jon Robins from @JusticeGap with another fascinating case of injustice – this time around a law that presumes guilt for bystanders
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Spykids: Government to probe Whistleblower’s Claim of Police Targets to Increase use of Child Spies
Home Office Minister agrees to probe claim of recruitment targets for more child spies against ‘County Lines’ drug gangs
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The Justice Trap: Murder by Numbers
Ben Geen was caught red-handed – a serial killer, or so it seemed. In the third of his series The Justice Trap, Jon Robins shows how a misreading of statistics led to a life sentence
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Government Committed to Privatisation of Probation – as Largest Provider Teeters on Collapse
As another provider of probation services teeters on the brink of collapse, the Government remains committed to a role for the private sector in supervising offenders.
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INSIDE PREVENT: Heroism and Hate – How a Prevent Mentor Tackles the Far Right
A Prevent “mentor” helping to deradicalise people through his extraordinary experience inside a murderous neo-Nazi group speaks to Byline Times.
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Prisons Minister: Our Criminal Justice System is “Much More Punitive than the Victorians Were”
How can the Government reduce the use of short prison sentences if judges lack confidence in community alternatives?
