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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Just for Some

That the Barons should never be tried except by a special jury of other Barons who would understand.
1066 And All That on the provisions of Magna Carta


The empty suit in charge of the Ministry of Titan Prisons has learned its lesson from the jury's failure to return the proper verdict in the de Menezes inquest: namely, that in cases involving fatal incompetence by official henchmen, it is advisable to dispense with a jury. The suit has revived plans to enhance New New Labour's version of democratic accountability by allowing inquests to be held in secret whenever the Government chooses to invoke the rubric of "national security". The suit also plans to "prevent high-profile convicted criminals from profiting from published accounts of their crimes"; although, as one would expect, the memoirs of New New Labour paragons like Jonathan Aitken and Jeffrey Archer will be exempt. Also exempt will be accounts of criminal activities that were never punished; only those who have already served their sentence and paid their debt to society will be eligible for further strictures.

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