A 'poll tax' for English justice - subjecting the poor to 'trial by ordeal'

The Ecologist
Jun 22, 2015, 4:24 pm12 pts
As Michael Gove gives his first speech as Justice Secretary, promising to update our 'creaking and outdated' courts, Paul Mobbs writes that 'reforms' to date have only deepened the injustice that afflicts poor defendants: penalising the innocent, burdening those who plead 'not guilty' with heavy charges…

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