Defend Our Juries
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Jurors have a right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience, irrespective of a Judge’s directions. Every defendant deserves access to fair justice.
Police have arrested at least 92 people after supporters of Palestine Action mounted a protest in central London today. The group was banned by the government under terrorism laws last year, but that decision was ruled illegal by the High Court in February. The ban has remained in place, however, to allow the government to appeal against that verdict. Protesters, many of them older people, were carried off by officers after holding written placards declaring their support for the organisation.
523 people were arrested today for showing support for a proscribed organisation. The age of those arrested ranges from 18 to 87. That brings the updates today to a close, we are grateful to all the officers involved for their professionalism.
