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Originally Posted by Niles Crane
Why?
Is your argument no longer valid now you've realised it was nomadking posting something you apparently disagreed with, not Flyboy?
Your reactionary rant and dig at Flyboy is pretty hypocritical, bearing in mind that seems to be what you've been criticising him for.
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Actually Niles, I realised as soon as I posted how badly I'd screwed up.
Not only did I misread the post, but as you point out, I also misread the name of the poster. Once I realised how much of a balls-up I'd made, I tried to edit my post. In the end I had to give up as I'd made such a mess of it from the beginning I felt it better to remove the post.
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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
I take it you were asleep during the diplock and supergrass systems here in Northern Ireland? |
In reply to your link about Diplock Courts in Northern Ireland during the Troubles I'll quote wikipedia back to you.....
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The Diplock courts were a type of court established by the Government in Northern Ireland in 1972, in an attempt to overcome widespread jury intimidation associated with the Troubles
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So, in the case of an ordinary criminal prosecution for murder, why would trial by dury be suspended? The reasons for the use of no jury trials under the Diplock system was to deal with HM v's terrorists. Who would have otherwise intimmidated or perhaps murdered jurers or their families....
In the cases prosecuted under the Supergrass scheme, again we are talking about HM v's terrorists. Not a simple criminal prosecution for murder. IIRC, and I may well be wrong as its quite some time since the last Supergrass Trial, 3 Judges sat instead of a jury.... But to be honest thats a vague memory....
While I can see why you are drawing the parrallels you are drawing, I don't think they really stand up to scrutiny. As far as I can see the american defendant may, or may not have killed 4 people in a crime of passion. But I see nothing in the report linked by Flyboy to suggest terrorism.... Ergo, Diplock and Supergrass would not be revived for a trial of his kind in the UK IMHO....