FAO Legal Wrathers - Interested in your views on the Worboys JR verdict
On the one hand i'm not at all unhappy that this man is still behind bars and seems to be another example of the judges "finding a way" to get the outcome they plainly thought was right but have to say I don't really like the precedent that it sets which (however they may dress it up with talk of making further inquiries etc) appears to me to be that a parole board should consider information about/the existence of alleged offences for which the accused has not been convicted or even prosecuted. Its a long time since I had to look at any criminal law but that doesn't sit right with me. How can you "consider" it without assuming a degree of guilt unless you say "i've considered this but there was no evidence of guilt so I've disregarded it" which seems an entirely false exercise.
It will be interesting to see if he appeals.
Interesting also to see that Khan was predictably found to have no standing to bring his claim although he and the victims were running the same arguments anyway so it didn't matter.
Posted By: Jim on March 28th 2018 at 15:17:50
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- FAO Legal Wrathers - Interested in your views on the Worboys JR verdict (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 28, 15:17:50
- Hanging is too good for him (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 28, 19:50:52
- Because you are not looking at the same threshold for conviction. (General Chat) - finkleton, Mar 28, 15:58:12
- But surely you are effectively convicting him of all the (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 28, 18:22:38
- I can see what you mean but it's seen like this- (General Chat) - finkleton, Mar 28, 19:00:04
- I can see both sides of the argument but it’s appears that (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 28, 19:07:29
- Yes it should have been sorted at the time to avoid this. They probably thought (General Chat) - finkleton, Mar 28, 19:23:19
- I can see both sides of the argument but it’s appears that (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 28, 19:07:29
- I can see what you mean but it's seen like this- (General Chat) - finkleton, Mar 28, 19:00:04
- But surely you are effectively convicting him of all the (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 28, 18:22:38
- “judges "finding a way" to get the outcome they plainly thought was right” (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 15:51:55
- Using my legal expertise (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 28, 15:37:52
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