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by bwarp 5227 days ago
Just a quick note: If you don't have a solicitor or your solicitor is not available you're in even more shit as they'll get the "duty solicitor" out.

They are their own breed of scum you have to avoid like the plague as they sleep, eat and drink with the arresting officers and are definitely not impartial. Actually that is pretty much the same for most of the legal profession in the UK. Half of them are friends, the other go to the same masonic lodges - fine example at [1]

The UK is 100% guilty until proven innocent.

As for trial by Jury - seriously speaking they are usually manned by idiots most of the time.

[1] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/police-def...
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buff-a 5226 days ago
Half of the duty "solicitors" are cops. You don't have to actually be a solicitor in the UK. You just have to pass a test. So retired cops take the test and earn themselves beer money (on top of their pension) to work with their mates.
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abalashov 5227 days ago
As for trial by Jury - seriously speaking they are usually manned by idiots most of the time.

That is, unfortunately, a universal problem anywhere that there are jury trials.

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