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Is it time for 'not proven' to be kicked out of court? We ask you to be judge and jury on Scotland's unique verdict
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THE controversial not proven verdict is back in the headlines -
and one MSP hopes it will finally be done away with.
Labour backbencher Michael McMahon believes the verdict, which is
unique to Scottish criminal law, is illogical, out of time, and "just
plain wrong".
"I know it's a contentious issue but it is time for us to
reconsider it, " he said.
"There have been too many occasions on which victims and their
families have been left aggrieved at a not proven outcome.
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Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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MSP launches bid to axe not proven verdict
Evening Times
; AN MSP has begun a bid to have the controversial not proven verdict abolished. Labour backbencher Michael McMahon will launch a consultation on the issue. He then hopes to bring forward a Bill that would scrap the verdict within the first year of the new Scottish Parliament. Juries in Scotland have
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Findlay set to pen defence of not proven verdict Victims' families angered over book on 'third verdict'
The Sunday Herald
; ... examining the history of the controversial not proven verdict. News of the book by the high-profile legal figure, who is considered ... become the subject of fierce debate in the coming months. But the news that Findlay is to publish a text on the not proven verdict last ...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Bid to scrap 'not proven' verdict.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; A BID to scrap Scotland's controversial not proven verdict was launched yesterday. Labour MSP Michael McMahon said the three verdict system caused confusion. He wants to return to the old Scottish two verdicts system - proven and not proven. And his case was backed by the family of 19-year-old
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Why jury's still out on not proven verdict English consider adopting controversial Scots verdict
Evening Times
; ... from November 1992 when Francis Auld was acquitted of murdering Mr Duffy's daughter Amanda, 19. So Mr Duffy's reaction to the news that Home Secretary Charles Clarke is considering introducing the verdict into English law was unambiguous. Mr Duffy, of Hamilton ...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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location location location - Liverpool City Centre; Elegant Homes.(Features)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; AFTER suffering from a falling population for many years, Liverpool city centre has witnessed a turnaround in fortunes in the last few years, so that more people than ever before nowclass themselves as city centre residents. Around 14,000 people live in the city centre and around the waterfront.
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