tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120384823779407001.post827624021859751181..comments2024-01-25T04:51:35.289+00:00Comments on The Defence Brief: Victims CharterDefence Briefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385869501459309601noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120384823779407001.post-81685320494679653032014-02-23T16:47:11.202+00:002014-02-23T16:47:11.202+00:00What about bereaved families? They have no rights ...What about bereaved families? They have no rights it seems and the police don't even bother to communicate with us or to provide support - though the family investigation officer (sorry, liaison officer) is happy to intrude and make family members all seem like suspects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120384823779407001.post-56300950554786109222014-01-13T16:58:26.939+00:002014-01-13T16:58:26.939+00:00Judges do already spell this out, always. The medi...Judges do already spell this out, always. The media however lies by leaving this out, always.<br /><br />ps Defence Brief: the title of this post is mis-spelled.Ed (not Bystander)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120384823779407001.post-38093275855130302612014-01-12T20:20:11.747+00:002014-01-12T20:20:11.747+00:00In cases of DV where the defence is self-defence o...In cases of DV where the defence is self-defence or it never happened or accident (and that is pretty well all of the defended cases) I always pull up prosecutors who say "victim" when there has been no conviction and insist that the word is "complainant"; there is still (at the moment) a presumption of innocence and if the defendant is innocent there is no victim.Andrew Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17273362558325263161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120384823779407001.post-66683221844169102014-01-12T08:14:43.108+00:002014-01-12T08:14:43.108+00:00(Sorry, just adding this comment to turn on notifi...(Sorry, just adding this comment to turn on notifications, missed the tick box first time)Funcanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621186433989037979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120384823779407001.post-66718054992576662572014-01-12T08:13:33.547+00:002014-01-12T08:13:33.547+00:00'Spelling out sentences', while not necess...'Spelling out sentences', while not necessarily a job for the judge, is something that I think is needed. When the judge says 'your sentence is 6 months' and that person spends 3 days total time off the streets, then there is, to the layman, something in need of explanation....Funcanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621186433989037979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120384823779407001.post-13128905547147391572014-01-03T12:14:22.032+00:002014-01-03T12:14:22.032+00:00I think what victims of crime want in most cases i...I think what victims of crime want in most cases is for the offender to be given an appropriately tough sentence. This doesn't change that. Do they think someone beaten up in the street will feel better about the attackers getting suspended sentences or community service as long as the CPS is constantly ringing them with updates? Waste of time and money, with Saint Doreen Lawrence's name oddly attached to it. Would she have felt better about the bungling of her son's murder case as long as she'd been informed better?Kevin Tnoreply@blogger.com