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There was a time when journalism in this country held a mirror up to the criminal justice system, and exposed its flaws.   I thought it necessary to begin with that simple statement, because to those under 40 this is likely to be something of which they have no personal experience.   There was a time, […]

What’s truly interesting, and significant, about the anxious ferment surrounding the comments of Gordon Jackson, QC, is its thinly disguised sub-text.  What we see, in fact, is a frenzy by the usual interest-groups because a Scottish jury had the temerity to acquit someone accused of sexual crime.   That coupled with the absurd proposition that a […]