Forum: The Justice System

yes i understand that there are people on this site that have been wrongly accused and sent down but how? my experience of the system has been that...

Do many of you know much about the 'Threshold' test and when the CPS would do it? All I know about it is if they think there is more than a 51%...

It was an idyllic summer’s day at the flower show on the edge of the New Forest. The parish church was filled with blooms and the village roads were...

what does it mean if someone is arrested? Are they just taken in for questionning and then released afterwards, or does it mean they will be...

I have prepared a petition regarding these draconian sentences and wonder if anyone would sign it. The petition can be found at ...

When a person over the age of 13 has been groomed, raped, supplied drugs there is no law to help them or their parents. It is solely in the hands of...

I know on other forums people have been asking after those who die whilst inside. This really is a subjective topic as one has to be clear about what...

How common is it that the 3 of them are common in cases ie. the same people??? Institutional corruption from within !!

i was just thinking that if defendants can request a retrial if they believe barristers acted majorly incorrectly which resulted in an unfair trial,...

Having posted up another case of false allegations. I think its time that an official register should be set up for women (and men) that make them. ...

hello, my husband had his trial in may while one charge was dropped against him and a plea bargain was taken, he received 3years and six months, his...

Judge Gerald Price has been suspended over accusations regarding his relationship with a rent boy A senior criminal judge has been suspended...

Hi, first of all sorry for not being around. Things have been extremely mentally challenging as some can imagine. The person who raped me was...

the case went to trial for the second time in october this year after the first trial was a hung jury. another week of complete hell for me, though i...

On my custody record is some important information regarding another case. in the middle of all the usual bumf about me sleeping/eating etc is an...

WHo is to blame for the current situation where both false accused and true victims of crime feel they are dealt with unjustly by the juducial in so...

i was raped by some i knew back in september 2006 - i blamed myself for two years until confiding in someone 9 months ago. what are my chances of...

Hellooo im writing this bhalf of a friend basicly he was involed in a situation which im hoping to get some advice on 4 my peace of mind really ...

it was the start of my husband's trial today, i was being called as a witness for the prosecution. right before i sent in foot into the court the...

In my community support group at the moment we are talking about whether victims or should i say survivors of rape should also have a right to legal...

hello, i havent signed in a while. my husband is still in prison on remand, been 6 months now and still no trial yet. we did have one scheduled...

In 1999 Judge David Bryant said that there was a good case for the setting up of a register to log the names of women who falsely accuse men of...

hi, i have been made a prosecution witness for an allegation against my husband. we have the trial in 2 weeks. i am terrified. no one has contacted...

hi, i've just found out that i have been called to be a prosecution witness in the trial against my husband. i have no idea why. apparently, it has...

can anyone explain to me what a case management hearing is? what happens at this hearing? what happens after the hearing? just the general procedure...

My Husband has been charged (oct 06) with several sexual offences including rape dating back from 1998 to 2004. I have been to hell and back we have...

And now I want something to change. I'm 17 years old now, and when I was 16 I met my then boyfriend, John. Shortly after we got together he moved...