Tina CordonApr 22, 2024
Emeritus Prof Christopher May

Excellent news today:

The case against Trudi Warner for contempt of court (for holding up a placard outside a court reminding a jury of their right to find not guilty on the basis of their conscience), has been dismissed as 'fanciful' today (after a years wait).

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/22/judge-throws-out-case-against-uk-climate-activist-trudi-warner-sign-jurors-rights

Judge throws out case against UK climate activist who held sign on jurors’ rights

Trudi Warner was accused of contempt for holding placard reminding jurors of right to acquit based on conscience

The Guardian
Apr 22, 2024 at 5:21pmWeb
Show threadEpistatacadamApr 22, 2024

@ChrisMayLA6 funny it's not being reported on @BBCRadio4 6pm* news. It's not everyday the solicitor general gets told by the courts that his case is fanciful. Clearly a case of performative legal action similar to the SLAPP process. Perhaps, he should be forbidden from bring any more actions, by being declared a vexatious litigant?

*Edited to make it clear I'm talking about the broadcast news. Not the entire BBC News output. An editorial decision not a journalistic one.

Show threadmaya_b 🇨🇦Apr 22, 2024

@epistatacadam @ChrisMayLA6

I'm sure it's buried on their site - I only saw the link here ealier today

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9gkwxkwwko

Woman faces no legal action for holding placard outside climate trial

Trudi Warner expresses relief as the High Court halts efforts to bring contempt of court proceedings.

Show threadEpistatacadamApr 22, 2024
@maya_b @ChrisMayLA6 it may well be, but I was listening to the 18:00 broadcast @BBCRadio4. Not a word!
Show threadmaya_b 🇨🇦Apr 22, 2024

@epistatacadam @ChrisMayLA6 @BBCRadio4

can't imagine why ...

oh it looks like it's BBC World and not BBC UK

Show threadDavid Cantrell 🏏Apr 22, 2024
@epistatacadam @ChrisMayLA6 it was reported several hours before you claimed that it wasn't: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9gkwxkwwko
Woman faces no legal action for holding placard outside climate trial

A High Court judge halts government efforts to bring contempt of court proceedings.

BBC News
Show threadEpistatacadamApr 22, 2024
@DrHyde @ChrisMayLA6 well I was merely reporting that on the broadcast news it didn't get reported. Sorry if you thought I was meaning more than that. I think a law officer being told his case was fanciful is quite serious news, though apparently not as important as some others.
Show threadJock CoatsApr 22, 2024
@epistatacadam @ChrisMayLA6 Courts is utterly useless anyway :) One might even suggest the AG gave him that task to make him look bad :)
Show threadTC Won't Give In To LiesApr 22, 2024

@ChrisMayLA6
Yes, the public should not be giving legal advice to jurors. But prosecuting this woman was a gross abuse of power.

Glad it collapsed so quickly. Hopefully her legal costs are repaid.

Show threadGrumbleApr 22, 2024

@TCatInReality @ChrisMayLA6 Like nuclear weapons, and farting in church, jury nullification is a thing.

We all hope that prosecutors and judges will use the legal system to serve justice, but when they don't the democracy of the jury can do it.

You hope it never comes to that, but sometimes needs must.

Show threadRaymond RussellApr 22, 2024
@TCatInReality @ChrisMayLA6
I would even say 'giving legal advice to jurors' is overstating the point. It is about knowledge, what you then do with that knowledge is down to personal conscience.
Show threadTC Won't Give In To LiesApr 22, 2024
@raymierussell @ChrisMayLA6
Good point.
Show threadDana das Grau 🧙🏻🧝‍♂️Apr 22, 2024
@ChrisMayLA6 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Show threadSemi Sentient AI Cooling WaterApr 23, 2024
@ChrisMayLA6 Doesn't this create a legal precedent, through case law? I think we should have volunteers doing it outside every courthouse in the country.
Show threadPaul BrownjohnApr 23, 2024

@ChrisMayLA6

These tory wankers have got completely out of hand!

Show threadPeter BrownOct 1, 2025
@ChrisMayLA6 not allowing conscience to affect the verdict was the reason the not proven verdict was introduced in Scotland, to focus attention on whether it was proven or not proven, rather than apply a moral judgement to whether it was right or wrong (during a period of religious conflict)
We may yet come to regret the removal of the not proven verdict .