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	<title>Steve Baker MP &#187; Justice</title>
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		<title>The European Investigation Order</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/07/the-european-investigation-order/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is to be a statement on this subject later today. It will be interesting to see what powers are transferred, to what extent British people are subjected to overseas police powers by this measure, and what democratic control is to be exercised over those powers&#8230;
Update: The Home Secretary&#8217;s statement is here. Big Brother Watch ]]></description>
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		<title>On trial by jury</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/01/on-trial-by-jury/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/01/on-trial-by-jury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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Via The Last Ditch: Another step toward the abyss:
I despair. The right to trial by jury has protected Englishmen from an over-mighty state since long before democracy was born. Combined with the Great Writ of habeas corpus, it meant you could not be detained without trial and that your trial must be by 12 independent ]]></description>
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		<title>CSJ: Dying to Belong</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/12/csj-dying-to-belong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
We are losing a generation of young people to gang violence. An incoming Tory government will have to start from scratch if it is going to make a difference.
As Gavin Knight notes in &#8221;How to really hug a hoodie&#8221;, gang culture is increasingly plaguing deprived inner-city communities, and for too long we have seen policies implemented ]]></description>
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		<title>An invitation to consider some fundamental questions</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/12/an-invitation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/12/an-invitation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have often said that politics is, or should be, a serious conversation about society.
Here are some fundamental questions to consider:

Should society be organised by peaceful or forceful means?
Who owns each person&#8217;s life? That is, is your life your own?
Ethically, can you compel people to do good? Should people freely choose to do what good ]]></description>
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		<title>The Law in Action in Wycombe</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/11/the-law-in-action-in-wycombe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/11/the-law-in-action-in-wycombe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent this morning in the public gallery of one of Wycombe&#8217;s Magistrates&#8217; courts. What I saw could have been a study for the Centre for Social Justice.
What I witnessed today included the following cases (I dispense with the details for obvious reasons):

Casual theft by a man with a methadone problem.
Taking a vehicle without consent.
Antisocial ]]></description>
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		<title>MI5 chief Jonathan Evans defends &#8216;torture intelligence&#8217; &#8211; Times Online</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/10/mi5-chief-jonathan-evans-defends-torture-intelligence-times-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/10/mi5-chief-jonathan-evans-defends-torture-intelligence-times-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Authoritarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via  MI5 chief Jonathan Evans defends &#8216;torture intelligence&#8217; &#8211; Times Online , we learn the MI5 chief&#8217;s position on complicity with torture:
The Director General of MI5 has issued a powerful defence of Britain&#8217;s co-operation with intelligence agencies in America and other countries accused of the abuse and torture of detainees, saying they had stopped ]]></description>
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		<title>Police cannot be trusted with fines, magistrates warn &#8211; Telegraph</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/08/police-cannot-be-trusted-with-fines-magistrates-warn-telegraph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/08/police-cannot-be-trusted-with-fines-magistrates-warn-telegraph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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Via Police cannot be trusted with fines, magistrates warn &#8211; Telegraph:
Police cannot be trusted to hand out summary justice and will act as “judge and jury” if given powers to issue more on-the-spot fines, magistrates have warned.
In an extraordinary attack, the Magistrates’ Association said it is a “certainty” that officers will misuse powers because they cannot ]]></description>
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		<title>Extradition without justice &#124; Anita Coles &#124; guardian.co.uk</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/07/extradition-without-justice-anita-coles-guardiancouk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/07/extradition-without-justice-anita-coles-guardiancouk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via  Extradition without justice &#124; Anita Coles &#124; 				Comment is free &#124; guardian.co.uk :
Liberty believes, as did the UK parliament for many years, that no one should be extradited unless and until the requesting country makes out a basic case against them in a UK court. Failure on this front can result in an ]]></description>
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		<title>BBC NEWS &#124; UK &#124; First trial without jury approved</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/06/bbc-news-uk-first-trial-without-jury-approved/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/06/bbc-news-uk-first-trial-without-jury-approved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Appeal has ruled that a criminal trial can take place at Crown Court without a jury for the first time in England and Wales.
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, made legal history by agreeing to allow the trial to be heard by a judge alone.
It is the first time the power has ]]></description>
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		<title>Liberty: The fight that is never done</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/06/liberty-the-fight-that-is-never-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/06/liberty-the-fight-that-is-never-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I heard someone support control orders. This video from Liberty seems an apposite response:

And on 10 Jun 2009, via Liberty responds to control order judgment.
Today the House of Lords ruled unanimously that the government has violated Article 6 of the Human Rights Act which protects the right to fair trial as ‘controlees’ don’t even ]]></description>
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