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PODCAST & INSIGHTS

Regular expert insights into contemporary issues in criminal justice policy

Ep37: Lay magistrates – great equalisers or arcane institution?

Magistrates

Should magistrates be more representative of the people?

Setting women prisoners up to fail?

Standing alone – the experience of unrepresented litigants

Are magistrates using prison because they don’t know enough about community alternatives?

Why wholescale reform of the magistracy should come before increasing their ability to use prison

The holy grail of the digital court

Digital justice

Are legal fees topsy turvy?

Two thirds of Crown Court trials do not go ahead as planned

Does the “doctrine” of judicial independence stifle magistrates?

Why do we have so many prisoners who are not convicted?

What is the point of a child serving 108 days in prison?

Should judges use instinct?

Can Gove change the prison debate single handed?

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