| Palestine Action 18:24 - Feb 4 with 448 views | DJR |
https://www.theguardian.com/uk
"Palestine Action activists cleared of aggravated burglary at Israeli defence firm site
None of the six activists were convicted of any offence over break-in at Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in 2024"
A couple of observations.
1. No wonder they want to get rid of jury trials.
2. Defend Our Juries said the verdicts were “a huge blow to government ministers” who had “tried to portray Palestine Action as a violent group to justify banning it under badly drafted terrorism legislation”. Amnesty International also said it showed how disproportionate the proscription decision was. [Post edited 4 Feb 18:25]
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| Palestine Action on 18:29 - Feb 4 with 432 views | Zx1988 |
The judge obviously didn't direct them hard enough.
Obviously we don't know the reasoning for the jury's decisions, but it might seem to suggest that they were somewhat sympathetic to the cause?
On a similar note, do we know if any of the arrests for support of Palestine Action have ever ended up before a jury? I'd be very interested to see how things pan out in those circumstances. |  |
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| Palestine Action on 19:30 - Feb 4 with 323 views | earlsgreenblue |
Watching the video of the police woman being struck & suffering a spine fracture as was reported & all the damage caused, whatever & whoever the business was owned by, surely the English laws cannot condone this & allow a jury to let these people off with no consequences………..sending a signal to others that this is acceptable? | | | |
| Palestine Action on 21:37 - Feb 4 with 221 views | DJR |
| Palestine Action on 19:30 - Feb 4 by earlsgreenblue |
Watching the video of the police woman being struck & suffering a spine fracture as was reported & all the damage caused, whatever & whoever the business was owned by, surely the English laws cannot condone this & allow a jury to let these people off with no consequences………..sending a signal to others that this is acceptable? |
So you support the proposed abolition of jury trials?  | | | |
| Palestine Action on 21:38 - Feb 4 with 215 views | thebooks |
| Palestine Action on 21:37 - Feb 4 by DJR |
So you support the proposed abolition of jury trials? |
Only when they disagree with the verdict :-) |  | | |
| Palestine Action on 22:14 - Feb 4 with 136 views | Pendejo |
| Palestine Action on 21:37 - Feb 4 by DJR |
So you support the proposed abolition of jury trials? |
As it happens I do, but only where specialist knowledge required, principally complex fraud cases and anything else where "the man on the Clapham" can not be expected to understand
Whereas that photo alone is terrifying, am yet to read the article, so maybe it was "self defence".... |  |
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| Palestine Action on 22:29 - Feb 4 with 92 views | Zx1988 |
Interesting to read in the article that the defence KC reminded the jury of their absolute right to acquit with, seemingly, no adverse comment from the judge.
A far cry from the case I flagged up the other week, where the judge all but threatened the jury with criminal prosecution if they so much as considered a conscience-based verdict. | |
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| Palestine Action on 23:40 - Feb 4 with 16 views | bournemouthblue |
| Palestine Action on 19:30 - Feb 4 by earlsgreenblue |
Watching the video of the police woman being struck & suffering a spine fracture as was reported & all the damage caused, whatever & whoever the business was owned by, surely the English laws cannot condone this & allow a jury to let these people off with no consequences………..sending a signal to others that this is acceptable? |
I can't get my head around how they have got off these charges, who the feck is their lawyer? |  |
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