by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 11.
Oct. 2010. – 16:11:32
In a period when major changes in the system and practice of magistrates` courts are likely it is heartening to read some praiseworthy words instead of platitudes from government spokesmen.
At the swearing in of new Justices of the Peace in Bristol His Honour Judge Simon Darwall- Smith said the following, “You've joined a group of people without whom the freedom of every one of us would not exist at all. The only thing that stands between us and tyranny is the rule of law, and you are the guardians of that.” He continued, “You should no more pass a custodial sentence because the Daily Mail thinks you should, or a non-custodial sentence because the Ministry of Justice tells you the prisons are full.”
Would that these words were uttered by the Secretary of Justice but then he`s a politician.
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