I think we are in agreement on the driving analogy, and I obviously can't do as good a job as explaining it as you did. I think it's obvious why they didn't charge on that basis - they… (View Post)

In Scotland you often get a choice between, say, careless and dangerous driving or full acquittal. If that were the case for this I think most people would have certainly convicted the sledgehammer g… (View Post)

Everyone should give a shit. It's the most important principle in a criminal justice system. You just don't have the imagination required to realise this. Your post demonstrates that you do… (View Post)

Christ, it's even worse than I realised. The prosecution successfully applied for the motivation of these crimes to be excluded from the trial, before subsequently arguing for the sentencing to … (View Post)

That, and the fact that this post hoc classification is only applied to one type of violent protestor. Why isn't trying to burn down an ayslum hostel a terrorist offence? Blowing up ULEZ cameras… (View Post)