All articles by James Morton – Page 10
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NewsAmerican rap sheet arrives
Are we going down another American pathway, featuring arrests alongside convictions?
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NewsLosing it in translation
Competent interpreters were even more thin on the ground in the 1970s.
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NewsA prang could cost you years
Tales of the worst courts to visit in the 60s and 70s – including malodorous drunks and an outside lavatory.
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NewsThe age of innocence
Back in the bad old days of the 1960s, plea bargaining was, of course, quite properly outlawed.
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NewsUS battle over rough justice
One lawyer helped the plight of three black murder suspects in thirties America.
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NewsNo paradise with Milton
My puerile efforts to innovate received a swift rebuff from a stipendiary magistrate.
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NewsSitting pretty in the dock
Recent comments about the legal aid crisis remind me about the ‘dock’ brief
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NewsPlaying the blame game
TV drama Silk was mocked for inaccuracies – but maybe it was right on one thing.
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NewsCriminal memorabilia
I’ve always wanted a hat that belonged to prosecutor who was swiftly removed from the office after being charged with accepting bribes.
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NewsClose shaves with thieves
I was fairly lucky about thefts from the office – yet still had a few scrapes.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Doped – The Real Life Story of the 1960s Racehorse Doping Gang
A stylish trot through the committal proceedings, trials and appeals involving the doping gangs.
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NewsJury’s out in Australia
The conviction of a businessman in Sydney has been regarded as another triumph for bench trial.
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NewsFelons on the bench would be a crime
Does the public really want ex-criminals sitting in judgment over them?
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NewsSome mothers do ’ave ’em
What do a 15-year-old Liverpool boy and celebrity ex-criminal Mark ‘Chopper’ Read have in common?
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