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TwitterJokeTrial and the relationship of criminal law to social media

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@Anonymous - He should have had a jury. I jury would have laughed it out of court. I'm entirely convinced. @(Philip Gibbons) - You are correct about the public interest considerations and that the courts have no jurisdiction over CPS decisions. The public interest stage is taken after the evidential stage though (or it is meant to be. I have my doubts in this case). The CPS have argued this time that Article 10 should be seen as having the effect of informing their public interest stage, rather than heightening the thresholds for evidence. I cannot accept this. Recent cases have shown that the CPS do not take free speech issues seriously. Also they are above scrutiny due to a qualified FOI exemption for "criminal investigations which the authority has the power to conduct."

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2-Jul-2012

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4:00 pm

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