Colston statue case: ‘We shouldn’t get too excited about one jury verdict’, says former Law Society president

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Colston statue case: “We shouldn’t get too excited about one jury verdict because a jury verdict doesn’t set any precedent”, David Greene, former Law Society president, tells AyshahTull.

 

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Andersj822010 AyshahTull Are you excited about him

AyshahTull In a strict legal viewpoint maybe, but the message is “destroy public statues or similar that you morally dislike and you’ll get away with it”.

AyshahTull Heaven alone knows what the Jury was thinking. Were they thinking? Were their brains engaged? Do they have any brains? Imagine a society in which mobs decide what ought and ought not to be on public display. Dystopian. The very stuff of nightmares. Sheer Anarchy. Pah!

AyshahTull Middle class dossiers tear down civic property, verdict - not guilty. Working class bloke has a pee next to civic property, verdict - jail.

AyshahTull might the cps take it into account when umming and ahhing about prosecuting

AyshahTull Conservatives will bring in a new rule you have to be a conservative fascist to serve on a jury that will help them get the answers to the cases they want an answer in their favour

AyshahTull Right wing politicians getting excited, the hypocrites should look at COVID laws broken by partying ministers if they are so bothered about lawbreaking..

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