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Published by Karen Torley on Mar 31, 2008
Category: Justice
Region: United Kingdom
Target: Gordon Brown PM, Alex Salmond First Minister of Scotland, Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill
Petition text:
We the undersigned call on The Prime Minister, First Minister and the Justice Minister to ensure that:
In the interests of Justice: "Scotland" Act.
Crown Office Grant Disclosure of all material ingathered in the course of any criminal proceedings and not just what Crown Office decide is exculpatory.
Relevant case law like Holland and Sinclair decree that Crown have an absolute duty to Afford Equality Of Arms (Bonomy and Coulsfield reports)
Cases before our Courts like:Docherty and Dixon, Gage, McDonald, Beck, and Megrahi to name but a few are being denied this right to a fair hearing under the pretence that evidence in some cases was released at trial.
Giving Crown the ultimate say in what is exculpatory must end, and at the very least Defence Teams must be granted access to "all evidence" in all cases
Defendants that opt to defend themselves must also be granted access to same documents.
No account has ever been taken of the fact these men have fresh defence teams who have never saw any documents, with some cases being years, even decades old.
Absolute Disclosure is vital to truth, integrity and justice for the Scottish Judicial system.
In the interests of Justice: "Scotland" Act.
Crown Office Grant Disclosure of all material ingathered in the course of any criminal proceedings and not just what Crown Office decide is exculpatory.
Relevant case law like Holland and Sinclair decree that Crown have an absolute duty to Afford Equality Of Arms (Bonomy and Coulsfield reports)
Cases before our Courts like:Docherty and Dixon, Gage, McDonald, Beck, and Megrahi to name but a few are being denied this right to a fair hearing under the pretence that evidence in some cases was released at trial.
Giving Crown the ultimate say in what is exculpatory must end, and at the very least Defence Teams must be granted access to "all evidence" in all cases
Defendants that opt to defend themselves must also be granted access to same documents.
No account has ever been taken of the fact these men have fresh defence teams who have never saw any documents, with some cases being years, even decades old.
Absolute Disclosure is vital to truth, integrity and justice for the Scottish Judicial system.
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