WOW! Did you watch “Catch a Copper” on Channel Four last night? … just WOW!  It was embarrassing to watch and I can admit: I had to stop watching it, take a break to calm down and then view the rest of it on catch up. Inspector Jon Owen QPM said it best and he said […]

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The discussion about Nottingham continues on social media – this is a post about the law when someone is convicted of murder, compared to when someone is convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility (DR).  Before I launch in to that, however, I just want to note this morning’s announcement that Nottinghamshire Healthcare […]

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You might want to grab a cuppa before reading this one – it’s a little longer than normal because it touches on things I’ve been working on an arguing for twenty years now. Given my interest all week in the sentencing proceedings in Nottingham, I paid close attention to media coverage and social media reaction […]

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