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House of Lords Stamps On Police on Juries


 
Potential For Jury Rigging Reduced
R v Abdroikov; R v Green; R v Williamson [2007] UKHL 37
HL(E)
17 October 2007
Weekly Law Notes Summary

The principle that justice should not only be done but should be seen to be done and that a defendant had a right to be tried by an independent and impartial tribunal might in certain circumstances be violated when a serving police officer or a lawyer employed by a prosecuting authority was a member of a jury.

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