Abduction of 5 Year old Girl April Jones - Page 15

Osem · 01-06-2013, 13:27

Maybe this should be in another thread, but what I'm getting at is not a case in which there's little or no doubt about guilt. I suppose I'm just wondering what would happen if a jury decided, at the end of a really complex trial which would normally be expected to result in days or even weeks of deliberation, decided to save themselves the bother by just immediately agreeing on a verdict. Who, if anyone's, job would it be to determine if the jury has taken their job seriously?

Sirius · 01-06-2013, 13:35

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Originally Posted by Damien

I went onto Wikipedia to see about Ian Huntley as I thought someone that killed him in prison but apparently he is still alive.

That's because he is in solitary or guarded most of the day. You can bet that if the others get hold of him he would be a dead man

**Chris** · 01-06-2013, 15:05

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Originally Posted by Damien

That sounds like someone, CPS maybe, messed up.

That would be the Procurator Fiscal's office, have you never watched Taggart?

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Originally Posted by Osem

Maybe this should be in another thread, but what I'm getting at is not a case in which there's little or no doubt about guilt. I suppose I'm just wondering what would happen if a jury decided, at the end of a really complex trial which would normally be expected to result in days or even weeks of deliberation, decided to save themselves the bother by just immediately agreeing on a verdict. Who, if anyone's, job would it be to determine if the jury has taken their job seriously?

Nobody's. What goes on jury, stays on jury, so to speak. A properly directed jury can do no wrong. That is an ancient principle. As the jury can do no wrong, there is no need for oversight.

Osem · 01-06-2013, 17:03

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Originally Posted by Chris

Nobody's. What goes on jury, stays on jury, so to speak. A properly directed jury can do no wrong. That is an ancient principle. As the jury can do no wrong, there is no need for oversight.

Thanks for clarifying.

thenry · 03-10-2013, 15:30

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A convicted murderer and rapist claims he slashed April Jones' killer in an attempt to find out where the girl's body was hidden.

http://news.sky.com/story/1149276/br...nd-aprils-body

crazy but is it shocking reading that a murder and rapist took charge

**Maggy** · 03-10-2013, 17:30

I wish we could forget him and let the family have some peace from all the news headlines.

**Maggy** · 16-12-2013, 12:45

Sadly he's determined to get his moment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25400894

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April Jones' killer Mark Bridger is to appeal against his whole-life sentence.
The Judicial Office said the 47-year-old had lodged an application for permission to appeal.

Well if he reveals what he did with the body maybe he should get his appeal.

Russ · 16-12-2013, 13:00

Apparently this sort of thing is common in cases where prisoners realise they'll likely/definitely never be released. Something of a "I have nothing to lose attitude" supposedly.

Taf · 16-12-2013, 13:03

More of a "I have everything to gain attitude" by greedy lawyers.

Taf · 16-12-2013, 16:25

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Murder appeals typically cost the State £20,000 in legal aid bills alone, as well as many thousands more in court costs.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...en-family.html

TheDaddy · 19-08-2015, 04:24

What a douche

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-33978307

Gary L · 19-08-2015, 08:15

So the sign is in the same town as where it happened.

so the 'joke' is "if you buy and eat loads of my cake. kidnappers won't want to kidnap you like they did to that womans little girl over there. because you'll be too fat to carry away!"
and then you laugh and order 2 big pieces and say "I'll get fat then. don't want to be picked up and carried away like your daughter was, do I!" and then everyone laughs again.

**Damien** · 19-08-2015, 08:28

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

What a douche

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-33978307

I don't see much evidence that they intend to invoke the April Jones case. Seems like it was meant to be a harmless joke and the context in which it would be perceived didn't occur to them?

**Maggy** · 19-08-2015, 08:43

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Originally Posted by Damien

I don't see much evidence that they intend to invoke the April Jones case. Seems like it was meant to be a harmless joke and the context in which it would be perceived didn't occur to them?

Well they know better now..personally I think it would have been in bad taste anywhere in the UK.