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• Coroners and justice act: Keep tabs on the teaspoons

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 158
  Ralph Waldo Emerson is familiar on this side of the Atlantic for the line "The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted the spoons." It is a thought that occurs when listening to senior politicians awarding themselves powers which they claim are so laden with safeguards that they can never be abused. On ...
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• Something For The Weekend 12

  
  t5m: Love Personality, Love t5m — Authority: 493
  For centuries it has been a standard procedure for circumstances surrounding an unexpected death to be examined in public at an open inquest, culminating in a verdict.In this way bereaved families have at least been allowed some peace of mind, hopefully bringing some form of closure on the death of a loved one.Well, ...
  2 days ago

• Tories send mixed messages on secret inquests | Henry Porter

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 158
  It is difficult not to agree with the Liberal Democrats when they accuse the Conservatives of double standards on state powers It is difficult not to agree with the Liberal Democrats when they accuse the Conservatives of double standards on state powers. Tory peers this week abstained on proposals to throw out Jack ...
  3 days ago

• Newsflash: Jack Straw agrees to accept free speech

  
  Telegraph.co.uk News Blog — Authority: 794
  An update on my earlier blog on the free speech clause inserted by the Lords into the “gay hatred” law: the government, in the person of  justice minister Jack Straw, has now agreed to let the Coroners and Justice  Bill which contains the prohibition on homophobia, pass into law with the “free speech” ...
  3 days ago

• A MAJOR BLUNDER CONTEMPLATED BY THE CONSERVATIVES

  
  CALEDONIAN COMMENT — Authority: 121
  Former UK Prime Minister Sir John Major (pictured above) is reportedly considering a return to frontline politics if the Conservative opposition party wins the next general election. The former PM indicated yesterday that he would consider accepting a government job if Conservative leader David Cameron takes ...
  5 days ago

• Knife crime – still more to do

  
  David Jones, MP — Authority: 132
  I approve wholeheartedly of the announcement by the Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw, that murderers who use knives in the commission of their crimes can expect to serve a minimum sentence of 25 years. However, this goes only part of the way to amount to a sufficient deterrent to the spreading epidemic of ...
  5 days ago

• Minimum 25 year term for knife killers

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Justice secretary announces 10-year increase in minimum term after review following fatal stabbing of Ben Kinsella The minimum prison sentence for knife killers will be increased from 15 to 25 years, the justice secretary, Jack Straw, said today. Straws statement followed a review ordered amid public anger at the ...
  5 days ago

• The spirit of the Stasi lives on in Britain

  
  A World to Win — Authority: 124
  Last night Gordon Brown joined other world leaders in Berlin to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall. But while he and others waxed lyrical about the joys of freedom, his government was forcing a sinister Bill through parliament which reinforces state secrecy in Britain. Throughout its 12 year-rule, New Labour – ...
  6 days ago

• Jack Straw orders review of police cautions for violent offences

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Move follows concerns raised by magistrates, the director of public prosecutions and senior police officers A review of the police use of cautions to deal with violent offenders was ordered today by the justice secretary, Jack Straw, after concerns voiced by magistrates, the director of public prosecutions and ...
  6 days ago

• Use of cautions and fixedpenalty notices to be reviewed Jack Straw says

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  Police use of cautions and fixedpenalty notices is to be reviewed after concerns that they were allowing violent offenders to avoid appearing in court Jack Straw the Justice Secretary announced yesterday.
  6 days ago

• Gordon Brown And ‘That’ Letter

  
  Cynical Chatter From The Underworld — Authority: 113
  I’m sure that everyone has read, or heard, about the letter of condolence that Gordon brown sent to the mother of Jamie Janes. The Times covers two aspects of the story here and here . I’m torn, I think that writing a letter by hand is a good thing for Brown to do, but, at the same time it should be well ...
  6 days ago

• Use of cautions for violence offences to be reviewed, says Jack Straw

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Justice secretary concerned at use of fines and cautions for serious offences The way "instant justice" cautions are used to deal with some offences involving violence, including 40,000 assaults each year, is to be reviewed after concerns raised by magistrates, the director of public prosecutions and senior police ...
  6 days ago

• Secret Inquests, Jack Straw, the IRA, Forced Marriages, Killer Heels: From the Independent

  
  The Wardman Wire — Authority: 542
  Four stories from todays Independent. Jack Straws hidden Inquests (Not on the website) A Labour backbench rebellion against Jack Straws latest attempt to reintroduce secret inquests ( Ed: for the third time ) is in prospect, lead by Andrew Dismore. More strength to their elbow. Down with the despots. Let ...
  6 days ago

• New Program Launched in London to Cut Youth Crime

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 156
  A pioneering project dedicated to making London safer by helping young offenders turn their backs on crime was launched this week by Justice Secretary Jack Straw and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson. The Heron Unit is the UK’s first dedicated resettlement unit for 15 – 17 year olds who have demonstrated a ...
  1 week ago

• Freemasons shake off ruling on judiciary

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Prospective judges will no longer have to declare if they are Freemasons, the government has announced . For the past 11 years, anyone applying to be a judge or a magistrate for the first time had to declare on an application form whether they belong to the Freemasonry. But Jack Straw, the justice secretary, said ...
  1 week ago

• Jack Straw scraps rule saying judges must declare if they are masons

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  The justice secretary is scrapping a rule about freemasonry declarations that he played a role in introducing 12 years ago Sometimes life goes round in a circle. Twelve years ago, shortly before the 1997 general election, Jack Straw said that freemasonry should be a "declarable and registrable interest" for members ...
  1 week ago

• Poppy fascism?

  
  Mark Reckons — Authority: 114
  Mike Ion has written a piece on LabourList today where he takes Jon Snow to task for his comments about "poppy fascism". Snow said: I am begged to wear an Aids ribbon, a breast cancer ribbon, a Marie Curie flower...You name it, from the Red Cross to the RNIB, they send me stuff to wear to raise awareness, and I ...
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• Antisocial behaviour should be crime

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Government adviser Sara Payne recommends justice system be reworked to focus more closely on victims Antisocial behaviour should be increasingly treated as a criminal rather than civil matter, a report by the crime campaigner turned government adviser Sara Payne recommended today. The document said the wider ...
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• Probation service failing to learn

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  • Report begun after Sonnex case raises fresh concerns • Monitoring of offenders in London worse than 2008 Fresh concerns about the way dangerous offenders are monitored in the community were raised today by a damning investigation into probation service failings after the torture and murder of two French ...
  2 weeks ago

• Irvine reveals Blair lord chancellor row

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Six years after he was dismissed as Llord Chancellor by his old pupil, Tony Blair, Lord Irvine has broken his silence to accuse the then-prime minister of botching the reform and humiliating him. But is that the whole story? Michael White reports When Tony Blair unceremoniously sacked his first employer and patron, ...
  2 weeks ago

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