Criminal law
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Joshua Rozenberg: Delayed legal highs law will be a fruitful ground for litigation — when it’s finally implemented
Poppers are probably exempt from the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, but no one is quite sure about jalapeño peppers
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Making a Murderer: Is our criminal appeals process any better?
The factually guilty routinely ‘let off on a technicality’, while the factually innocent stay in prison
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Coroners and Justice Act 2009: Is it a blessing or just further stressing?
The introduction of the loss of control defence is a step backwards for the criminal law
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Staggering 99.9% conviction rate in China revealed
An ode to Chinese defence lawyers
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It’s not the judiciary’s place to stop people having kinky sex
Judges need to stop being so vanilla — and stop meddling in our sex lives
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The ‘justice gap’ in sexual offences: Why is the criminal justice system failing rape victims?
Conviction rates are depressingly low
