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originally posted by: Midnightmosesuk
Since his alleged diagnosis of Alzheimer's he has attended the house of lords, claimed expenses and even voted in the lords as well. I think the CPS were hoping all of this would just "go away" once they said that Janner was too I'll to stand trial but they underestimated the strength of public opinion.
Can someone remind me, which one of them is supposed to be unfit due to Alzheimer's?
She said in a statement today: "I have always said that in my view this was an extremely difficult and borderline case because of the strong arguments on both sides."
Asked when Saunders had previously described the Janner decision as "borderline", a CPS spokeswoman was unable to point to any occasion by the time of publication.
I avoided using 'senile'. I thought it was non PC. I better list it in my book of acceptable terms. Now where did I put that book.
Lord Janner is a helpless, senile man who should not be prosecuted
The trial now threatens to be a revolting spectacle in which a criminal court – egged on by sections of the press and MPs who should know better, compensation-seeking lawyers, and internet commenters, many of whom are motivated by undisguised anti-semitism – will be employed for no purpose other than further to traduce a man who can do nothing to defend himself.
Later, Janner read Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he was President of the Cambridge Union Society...
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The trial now threatens to be a revolting spectacle in which a criminal court – egged on by sections of the press and MPs who should know better, compensation-seeking lawyers, and internet commenters, many of whom are motivated by undisguised anti-semitism
originally posted by: MagnaCarta2015
Trial of the facts would be an unsurprising copout. No possibility of a sentence and no real justice for the poor people he allegedly did that to if found guilty. There really is one law for the establishment and another for everybody else.
originally posted by: MagnaCarta2015
a reply to: eletheia
I get that something is better than nothing, it's just sad and shameful that if found guilty he'll be free to live out what's left of his life without spending a day in prison. I'd imagine that's not a huge comfort for the victims.