All articles by James Morton – Page 9
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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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NewsThe wages of crime
Overall, participants in the world’s great robberies do not seem to have lived happily on the proceeds.
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OpinionBoundaries of behaviour
My first day as an agent for the Crown Prosecution Service did not begin auspiciously.
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Nothing for Nothing
The news that more solicitors are turning to crime to keep their practices afloat is indeed terrible, writes James Morton. For far too long solicitors have neglected their businesses at the expense of clients and this altruism has clearly gone too far. But what can be done to reverse what ...
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Torn off a stipe in court
Back in the 1960s, legal aid in criminal cases was in the hands of stipendiary magistrates, in the case of lay magistrates, the clerks of the court. The stipes in particular regarded themselves as guardians of the public purse.
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When science doesn’t have the answer
The sad story of the couple found dead in the swimming pool reminded me of one case which forensic science failed to solve. This concerned New Zealand-born Rhodes scholar and scientist Gilbert Stanley Bogle, who was found dead along with his companion, Margaret Chandler, at ...