Orders of the Day — Criminal Justice Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:44 pm on 4 December 2002.

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Photo of Desmond Turner Desmond Turner Labour, Brighton, Kemptown 4:44, 4 December 2002

Surely the effect on the presumption of innocence if new evidence is declared significant is no different from the presumption of innocence at the beginning of the first trial. The first trial would not have been brought unless the prosecution felt that it had compelling evidence, so I cannot really see the difference.