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Using Joint Enterprise as a 'Deterrent' Is Obnoxious

Luke Samuel | Posted 21.03.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Gun Violence, Murder, Politics, Law, Joint Enterprise, Gangs, Knife Crime, Sadiq Khan, Riots, Crown Prosecution Service, UK Riots, UK Politics, Sir Alan Beith, Sheldon Thomas, Gangsline.co.uk, Cps, UK Politics News
Luke Samuel

The idea that we should use murder law to deter our kids into behaving better is obnoxious. It represents a profound delegation of our responsibility as adults to provide young people with a meaningful alternative to crime.

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Men Distributed Leaflets Calling For Death Penalty Against Gay People, Court Hears

PA | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Crown Prosecution Service, UK Crime, UK News, Jamia Mosque, Sexuality Hate Crimes, Derby Crown Court, Hate Crime, Gay Issues, UK News

A group of Muslim men handed out to the public a leaflet that called for homosexuals to be "punished" and given the death sentence, a court has heard....

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Five Men On Trial Accused Of Calling For Death Penalty For Gay People

PA | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Crown Prosecution Service, UK News, UK Crime, Sexuality Hate Crimes, Jamia Mosque, Derby Crown Court, Hate Crime, Gay Issues, UK News

Five men are to go on trial today accused of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation in the first prosecution of its kind. Ihjaz Al...

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Michael Rundle

Too Afraid To Fight Back: Number Of Citizen's Arrests Plummets

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Centre for London, Crown Prosecution Service, UK News, Police, UK Police, Ben Rogers, Cps, Citizen's Arrest, Demos, London, Police Foundation, Arrest, UK News

Almost 11,500 fewer citizen's arrests were made in London in 2010 than in 2002, figures have revealed, as experts point to a rise in "fear of crime". ...

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Chris Huhne 'Very Confident' Speeding Probe Will Be 'Cleared Up'

PA | Posted 03.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Crown Prosecution Service, Speeding Tickets, UK News, Liberal Democrats, Chris Huhne, UK Politics, UK Politics News

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne said he is "very confident" the investigation into allegations that he dodged a speeding penalty will be "cleared up". ...

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'Chained And Beaten' Circus Elephant Leads To Charges For Peterborough Couple

PA | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Crown Prosecution Service, Elephant, UK Impact, UK News, Crime, Longleat Safari Park, Pa, Cps, Circus, Anne Elephant, Bobby Roberts Super Circus, UK News

The owners of a circus elephant called Anne have been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to the animal. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)...

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Man Who Stabbed Home Intruder To Death Cleared Of Wrongdoing

PA | Posted 07.12.2011 | UK
Read More: Crown Prosecution Service, Pa, Manchester, Stockport, Home Invader, Burglary, Vincent Cooke, House Invasion, UK News

A man cleared of any wrongdoing after stabbing to death an intruder at his home said he has endured a "living nightmare" and still suffers flashbacks ...

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MP Faces 21 Charges Over Expenses Claims

Posted 06.11.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Crown Prosecution Service, Expenses Scandal, Margaret Moran, Labour, Keith Starmer, UK Politics, MPS Expenses, UK Politics News

Former MP Margaret Moran is to face 21 charges in relation to claims she made for parliamentary expenses, the Director of Public Prosecutions has said...

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CPS Defends Assisted Suicide Policy

PA | Posted 05.11.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Crown Prosecution Service, Cps, Policy, Assisted Suicide, Keir-Starmer, UK Politics News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The Crown Prosecution Service has not implemented a "blanket policy" banning the prosecution of cases of assisted suicide, its he...

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Rebecca Leighton: 'I Have Been Living In Hell'

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 02.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Crown Prosecution Service, Murder, Charges Dropped, Rebecca Leighton, Charges, Stepping Hill, Cps, Cheshire, Saline, UK News

Rebecca Leighton, the nurse cleared of charges in the Stepping Hill murder case, has released a statement calling her ordeal a "living nightmare". ...

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Charges Dropped By CPS In Stepping Hill Hospital Case

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 02.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Crown Prosecution Service, Nurse, Stepping Hill, Cheshire, Rebecca Leighton, Contaminated Saline, Released, UK News

Rebecca Leighton, the nurse accused of sabotaging saline drips at the Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport, has been released from custody. The Crow...

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Met Police 'Planned To Detain All Riot Suspects'

PA | Posted 22.10.2011 | UK
Read More: Metropolitan Police, Crown Prosecution Service, Scotland Yard, Riots, Tottenham, UK Riots, Police, London, London Riots, UK News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Scotland Yard devised a policy of holding all people arrested in connection with the London riots in custody and recommended that...

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Chris Huhne 'speeding' file passed to CPS

Posted 26.09.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Crown Prosecution Service, UK Issues, Speeding, Chris Huhne, Chris Huhne Vicky Pryce, Essex Police, Chris Huhne Speeding Allegations, UK Politics News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Police have passed a file on Energy Secretary Chris Huhne to the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to allegations that he ask...

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