Is justice better or worse since intro of CPS?
Discussion
Justice and CPS 
are not synonimous.
CPS play god.
They are not concerned with justice. They are concerned with saving money!
In the past a case was prepared and sent to the courts for them to hear the available evidence and make a decision on that.
CPS now 'hold court' before they allow anything through to that stage. Basically a single lawyer can decide whether a person is guilty or not guilty or whether there is enough evidence to secure a conviction.
That used to be the job of the court. They basically rubber stamp the decisions of CPS now.
There is a real concern about detection rates dropping at the moment. CPS are the main cause of this because unless you catch the person with "a smoking gun" in true Dubya style (even then they look to find any excuse not to proceed), they will not go for it and drop the case.
>> Edited by gone on Friday 25th June 15:09
are not synonimous. CPS play god.
They are not concerned with justice. They are concerned with saving money!
In the past a case was prepared and sent to the courts for them to hear the available evidence and make a decision on that.
CPS now 'hold court' before they allow anything through to that stage. Basically a single lawyer can decide whether a person is guilty or not guilty or whether there is enough evidence to secure a conviction.
That used to be the job of the court. They basically rubber stamp the decisions of CPS now.
There is a real concern about detection rates dropping at the moment. CPS are the main cause of this because unless you catch the person with "a smoking gun" in true Dubya style (even then they look to find any excuse not to proceed), they will not go for it and drop the case.
>> Edited by gone on Friday 25th June 15:09
gone said:
Justice and CPS
CPS play god.
They are not concerned with justice. They are concerned with saving money!
In the past a case was prepared and sent to the courts for them to hear the available evidence and make a decision on that.
CPS now 'hold court' before they allow anything through to that stage. Basically a single lawyer can decide whether a person is guilty or not guilty or whether there is enough evidence to secure a conviction.
That used to be the job of the court. They basically rubber stamp the decisions of CPS now.
There is a real concern about detection rates dropping at the moment. CPS are the main cause of this because unless you catch the person with "a smoking gun" in true Dubya style (even then they look to find any excuse not to proceed), they will not go for it and drop the case.
>> Edited by gone on Friday 25th June 15:09
Unless it's S172 or speeding?
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