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steve of oxford wrote:
The judge ordered Harwoods previous not disclosed to the court, why? if it was a civilian in the dock on a manslaughter rap you can bet his previous would be admissible.
This is normal, and results in consistent miss-carriage of justice, if jury's knew the background of half the people they find not guilty there would be a lot more folk in jail.
I agree but then again this is because sending a person to prison is meant to 'reform' them, not teach them new tricks which is frequently the case so they are meant to be new and honorable people after prison!
I rest my case when you see the Home Office statistics about reoffenders.
Personally I'd be happy to steal a loaf of bread to be transported to Australia, these days, but in 1800s I'd rather starve.
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