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ISBN 10: 1509841105
ISBN 13: 978-1509841103
Author: Secret Barrister
“I’m a barrister, a job which requires the skills of a social worker, relationship counsellor, arm-twister, hostage negotiator, named driver, bus fare-provider, accountant, suicide watchman, coffee-supplier, surrogate parent and, on one memorable occasion, whatever the official term is for someone tasked with breaking the news to a prisoner that his girlfriend has been diagnosed with gonorrhoea.”
Welcome to the world of the Secret Barrister. These are the stories of life inside the courtroom. They are sometimes funny, often moving, and ultimately life-changing. How can you defend a child-abuser you suspect to be guilty? What do you say to someone sentenced to 10 years who you believe to be innocent? What is the law and why do we need it? And why do they wear those stupid wigs? From the criminals to the lawyers, the victims, witnesses, and officers of the law, here is the best and worst of humanity, all struggling within a broken system which would never be off the front pages if the public knew what it was really like. Both a searing first-hand account of the human cost of the criminal justice system, and a guide to how we got into this mess, The Secret Barrister wants to show you what it’s really like and why it really matters.
Table of contents:
1 Welcome to the Criminal Courtroom 19
2 The Wild West: The Magistrates’ Court 47
3 Imprisoning the Innocent: Remand and Bail 85
4 Watching the Guilty Walk Free: Prosecuting on the Cheap 108
5 The Devil’s Greatest Trick: Putting the Victim First 133
6 Defenceless and Indefensible 163
7 Legal Aid Myths and the Innocence Tax 196
8 Trial on Trial: Part I – The Case Against 221
9 Trial on Trial: Part II – The Case for the Defence 248
10 The Big Sentencing Con 278
11 The Courage of Our Convictions: Appeal 306
12 My Closing Speech 320
Notes 345
Acknowledgements 373
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