Tag: Criminal Law
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Incentives to Plead Guilty may Undermine the Right to a Fair Trial
Research by Dr. Rebecca Helm and published in the Journal of Law and Society suggests that incentives to plead guilty in England and Wales may undermine the right to a fair trial and lead the innocent to plead guilty. The research shows that many defendants in England and Wales face powerful incentives to plead guilty,…
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Programme that Empowers People to Speak up about Sexual and Domestic Violence Set to Expand
Experts at University of Exeter hope to expand a pioneering programme designed to help empower people to speak up about sexual and domestic violence. The Intervention Initiative, first developed in 2014 by a team led by SCuLE researcher Rachel Fenton at the University of the West of England (UWE) on receipt of a grant from…