Post by Douglas Johnson on Jun 19, 2012 7:44:01 GMT
Interesting article on a systematic failure of justice in the criminal system. The LS Gazette reports:
"Hundreds of asylum seekers and refugees convicted of immigration-related offences such as failure to produce a passport may have been the victims of miscarriages of justice"
"Failings in legal advice are central to each case. "
"Several of the cases involve Somali nationals. The UK government does not recognise Somali passports and the country has not had a passport-issuing office since 1991."
What's interesting to me is how the injustice has been revealed.