Comments on: Jury Suggestions http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/jury-suggestions.html Cambridge, United Kingdom. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:58:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/jury-suggestions.html#comment-22231 Richard Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:17:37 +0000 http://85.234.152.57/~rtaylor/correspondence/jury-suggestions.html#comment-22231 The importance of making clear to the jury they don't have to take the direction of the judge has been shown by case where someone handing in a gun they found dumped in their garden has been found guilty by a jury of possession of a firearm. http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/news/Ex-soldier-faces-jail-handing-gun/article-1509082-detail/article.html I still think there is a need for much better introductions to the role of a juror for those about to serve. Judges have already been ignoring the minimum sentence for possession of a firearm. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1543096/Tougher-gun-laws-not-being-enforced.html Hopefully in this latest case judge will use his discretion when it comes to sentencing the individual. The police ought to be free to use more common sense; and MPs ought be much more careful about the way they write laws. The importance of making clear to the jury they don’t have to take the direction of the judge has been shown by case where someone handing in a gun they found dumped in their garden has been found guilty by a jury of possession of a firearm.

http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/news/Ex-soldier-faces-jail-handing-gun/article-1509082-detail/article.html

I still think there is a need for much better introductions to the role of a juror for those about to serve.

Judges have already been ignoring the minimum sentence for possession of a firearm.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1543096/Tougher-gun-laws-not-being-enforced.html

Hopefully in this latest case judge will use his discretion when it comes to sentencing the individual.

The police ought to be free to use more common sense; and MPs ought be much more careful about the way they write laws.

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