Police Getting Convictions

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Scimmy said:
Regarding the phenomenon of seemingly cast-iron convictions being dropped by the CPS, I imagine that perhaps our justice system is so skewed toward protection against possible miscarriage of justice due to over-enthusiastic policing as alluded to earlier in the thread, that sometimes excessively high bars are set for the level of evidence that the police have to provide.

This situation is not helped by the fact that miscreants have an army of publicly-funded lawyers at their disposal who will turn any tiny chink in the evidence into a gaping chasm, and the CPS know this and are keen to not be seen wasting the courts' time.
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It could just be that something wasn't done correctly that would mean even a half arsed solicitor could get the case thrown out.

What seems like a cast iron case to the average person probably often isn't.

YorkMackem said:
Or perhaps there is a formal drive to reduce custodial sentences because they don't work and are very expensive.
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There are plenty of sentencing options that aren't custodial.
 


YorkMackem said:
Or perhaps there is a formal drive to reduce custodial sentences because they don't work and are very expensive.
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I'm sure you are correct. But a cast-iron conviction does not necessarily mean imprisonment. There are other ways of punishing wrongdoers obviously. But some scrote nicking a car and burning it out should not be released without charge.
 
Royal 8er said:
It's called civil liberties and burden of proof etc etc.
Thank god as well that they exist.
Recent history is littered with cops securing wrongful convictions in their unseemly haste to 'meet kpi's'.
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Haven't you massively contradicted yourself within that one statement?
 
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