tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post7251141287179794152..comments2023-09-20T13:32:30.933+01:00Comments on Scottish Law Reporter: Is Scotland’s criminal justice system ‘too Victorian’, ‘too easily manipulated’ for corroboration to be axed in Carloway Review recommendations ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-60875054456399518242011-11-23T10:44:46.776+00:002011-11-23T10:44:46.776+00:00If truth be told; the Crown Office have used '...If truth be told; the Crown Office have used 'insufficient corroboration' as a convenient excuse NOT to prosecute sensitive cases or cases involving lawyers.<br /><br />It has been too easy for the Crown Office to defeat the ends of justice by hiding legitimate behind this category and by removing this caveat makes it harder for the Crown Office to deceive the public any longer.<br /><br />A good thing surely?<br /><br />Once the new rules on corroboration are adopted, there should be a independent review carried out of cases refused to go forward to prosecution based on this criteria over the past 10 years, to determine how many cases were wrongly hidden from prosecution under this criteria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com