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soniz · 26-01-2004, 23:02

From my stint of Jury Service I found the most common reason that 'justice' is not served is because the CPS are crap at prosecuting (from my experience).

A broad statement and if it offends then I appologise. However, the 4 cases I sat in the evidence was nearly non-existant and generally we could not see what relevance it had to the case. One of the cases was quite seriouse yet the farcical/carry-on and disorganised approach did little to convince 100% of guilt.

The defence was so much better and were organised.

I am unsure as to how the CPS barristers are paid but if it's not done on won cases (piece rate) then they do not seem to put in the effort that the defence appear to.

If this is so of major cases (possibly to a different degree) then 'justice' would probably not happen to the level appropriate.

This is just my limited view but it was a real eye opener and can understand how rapists burglars etc get away with a relatively little sentence.

26-01-2004, 23:02	#33
soniz Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Peterborough Age: 52 Posts: 13	Re: Justice From my stint of Jury Service I found the most common reason that 'justice' is not served is because the CPS are crap at prosecuting (from my experience). A broad statement and if it offends then I appologise. However, the 4 cases I sat in the evidence was nearly non-existant and generally we could not see what relevance it had to the case. One of the cases was quite seriouse yet the farcical/carry-on and disorganised approach did little to convince 100% of guilt. The defence was so much better and were organised. I am unsure as to how the CPS barristers are paid but if it's not done on won cases (piece rate) then they do not seem to put in the effort that the defence appear to. If this is so of major cases (possibly to a different degree) then 'justice' would probably not happen to the level appropriate. This is just my limited view but it was a real eye opener and can understand how rapists burglars etc get away with a relatively little sentence.