Charles Clarke the Home Secretary has announced his support for a number of policy initiatives which will enrage justice campaigners, civil liberertarians and FACT members these include:
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replacing Britain’s adversarial system with an inquisitorial legal system (similar to the France's).
See Times Report
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restricting the Court of Appeal's ability to make fewer decisions on 'technicalities' and introducting a Not Proven verdict.
See Times Report
- reducing the spending on compensation paid to those wrongly convicted of crimes in England and Wales by £5m a year.
See BBC Report (1), (2), (3), (4) and Home Office Press Release