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1
Q

Advantages of having Magistrates:

  1. C___ (concerns finances)
  2. L___ p___ (no time wasted on familiarisation)
  3. Lack of l___ e___
  4. V___
  5. D___
A

Advantages of having Magistrates:

  1. Cheap
  2. Local people
  3. Lack of legal expertise
  4. Voluntary
  5. Diverse
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2
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True or false: Magistrates are inexpensive

A

True

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3
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It is a good thing that magistrates’ are local people because

  1. No time is wasted on f____
  2. People prefer being sentenced by their p___
A

Familiarisation

Peers

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4
Q

A case which highlights the social awareness of Magistrates ___ vs ____

A

Paul vs DPP

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5
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In Paul vs DPP, a k___ c___ was convicted because the Magistrates knew k___ c___ was a problem in the area.

A

Kerb crawler

Kerb crawling

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6
Q

Do Magistrates’ judge by common sense or the law?

A

Common sense

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7
Q

Volunteers often do a good job because they actually w___ to be there

A

Want

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8
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Only reasonably a___ people can afford to be Magistrates as it is v___

A

Affluent

Voluntary

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9
Q

Magistrates were described by the former Lord Cheif Justice as “ A democrative ___ beyond price”

A

Jewel

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10
Q

Lord Bingham was an L___ C___ J___

A

Lord Cheif Justice

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11
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Magistrates were described by the former Lord Bingham as “ A ____ jewel beyond ___”

A

Democrative

Price

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12
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Unfortunately, Magistrates are not bound by judicial p___

A

precedent

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13
Q

The fact that Magistrates’ are not bound by judicial precedent creates d____ results for similar offences

A

Different

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14
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In 2001, if you were guilty of burglary in Teeside there was a __% of chance of you going to prison but if you did the same thing in B___, there was a 41% chance of you going to prison.

A

20

Birmingham

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15
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In ___, if you were guilty of burglary in Teeside there was a 20 % of chance of you going to prison but if you did the same thing in Birmingham, there was a 41% chance of you going to prison.

A

2001

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In ___, if you were guilty of burglary in ___ there was a 20 % of chance of you going to prison but if you did the same thing in Birmingham, there was a ___% chance of you going to prison.

A

2001
Teeside
41

17
Q

Magistrates may become case h___ and b__

A

Hardened

Biased

18
Q

Magistrates may be too r___ on the legal advisor

A

Reliant

19
Q

Bingham “My principal in such cases has always been to believe the evidence of the p___ o___”

A

Police officer

20
Q

Recent Home Office Statistics

A guilty plea costs £___ in the Magistrates but £___ in the crown court.

A

£550

£2600

21
Q

In 2001, if you were guilty of ___ there was a 41% of a custodial sentence in Birmingham

A

Burgalry

22
Q

What the advantages of a jury?

  1. P___ C___ in system
  2. Juries decide based off of f___ and m____.
  3. T___ justice system
  4. Secrecy of ___ ___.
A

Public confidence
Facts and morals
Transparent
Jury room

23
Q

Evidence for public confidence in system?

Hint: Trial by peers

A

Lord Devlin called it

“The lamp that shows freedom lives.”

24
Q

What’s significant about R v Ponting?

A

A civil servant breached the
OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT by leaking info to an MP.
The jury acquitted him as it was morally sound.

25
Q

What law was breached in R v Ponting?

A

The official secrets act.

26
Q

What’s good about the secrecy of the jury room?

A

The jury is protected from external influences when deciding the verdict.

27
Q

What are the disadvantages of juries?

  1. Juries making the “right” decision
  2. Racial ___
  3. S___ of the jury room
  4. M ___influence
  5. Lack of ___ expertise
A

Racial BIAS
SECRECY of the jury room
MEDIA influence
Lack of LEGAL influence

28
Q

R v Randle & Pottle is significant because?

A

The defendants wrote a book about their crime;

The jury acquitted them.

29
Q

What is the issue with the secrecy of the jury room?

A

Nobody knows whether the jury made their decision for the correct reasons.

30
Q

R v Young is the ___ ____ case.

A

Ouija board

31
Q

A juror displayed racial overtones in R v ___

A

Gregory

32
Q

In the ___ commission report, is revealed that __% of juries struggled to understand cases.

A

Runciman

10%

33
Q

In 19__, the ___ committee recommended that juries should not be part of fraud trials.

A

1986

Roskill committee

34
Q

Are juries part of fraud trials today?

A

Yes

35
Q

R v Taylor is significant because?

A

The press gave a false impression of video sequence

36
Q

Due to press coverage, ___ ___ was convicted of murder before the trial had begun.

A

Ian Huntley.

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