It sounds like a fiction but it's true. I was incredibly impressed when she told me about it. The defendant was of Colombian origin. He had an interpreter throughout the trial and made much of h… (View Post)

Mrs PtP kind of was. She was the only dissenting juror in a drugs trial but by sheer persistence, logic and force of personality she managed to convince the others that the defendant was guilty. They… (View Post)

It's a fair point Feersum, even if you do stretch it to extremes. I'm often dismayed that knowing something about a subject can disqualify you from jury membership on a related topic. Many … (View Post)

Why do you need so many houses, Big G? (View Post)

All good questions OKC, but I suspect no easy answers. Local knowledge would generally be thought of as an advantage, but if you remember the famous A6 murder trial, it was held in Bedford, close to … (View Post)