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Why are suspected murderers being let out of jail?

25 September 2022

7:00 PM

25 September 2022

7:00 PM

What should judges do with potentially dangerous prisoners waiting for their trial when the barristers’ strike means their cases cannot be heard within a reasonable time?

Since April criminal barristers have been involved in a dispute with the government over fees. In a nutshell their case – perhaps I should say ‘our’ case since I am one of them – is that the Ministry of Justice has failed to implement pay recommendations put forward last November.

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