Whats up with the Brits

[bayern]

From the Independant

The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday. In a verdict that will have shocked ministers and energy companies the jury at Maidstone Crown Court cleared six Greenpeace activists of criminal damage.

Jurors accepted defence arguments that the six had a "lawful excuse" to damage property at Kingsnorth power station in Kent to prevent even greater damage caused by climate change. The defence of "lawful excuse" under the Criminal Damage Act 1971 allows damage to be caused to property to prevent even greater damage – such as breaking down the door of a burning house to tackle a fire.
The not-guilty verdict, delivered after two days and greeted with cheers in the courtroom, raises the stakes for the most pressing issue on Britain's green agenda and could encourage further direct action.
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But let some poor slob defend his home and they will throw him in the goal and lose the key. Hey whats up with you folks over there. There has to be something in their water, because the beer sucks.

[CTR man]

But let some poor slob defend his home and they will throw him in the goal and lose the key. Hey whats up with you folks over there. There has to be something in their water, because the beer sucks.

I don't know, maybe they are too close to France?

[Standard Dave]

A jury is made up of members of the public they are intrinsically stupid here lies the problem.

I believe the judge who advised them has made a mistake as to the law in relation to this daubing paint over something is not mentioned in lawful excuse case law. If they had stopped coal trains or sprayed water on fossil fuels then maybe but just painting a building

I might take some direct action next time I attend a call rather than refering it to the prosecutors and courts.

[Motorwaycop]

It's a jury!
Must have had a bunch of tree huggers on it.
Probably got rid of any jurors wearing leather or ordering a bacon sandwich in the canteen before the trial!
I dread jury trials as even when the evidence is clear, to most sane men anyway, they still reach the strangest of decisions.

[gopherpuckfan]

If you think that's messed up, it sounds like Britain now recognizes Sharia Law in their court system.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4749183.ece

[bayern]

[quote=gopherpuckfan;385389]If you think that's messed up, it sounds like Britain now recognizes Sharia Law in their court system. quote]

As I understand it, some Rabbinical Courts in large Jewish Communities in the US (NY for instance) are recognized in civil cases if both parties are Jewish and request it.

[Lo523]

[quote=Standard Dave;385073]A jury is made up of members of the public they are intrinsically stupid here lies the problem.

I believe the judge who advised them has made a mistake as to the law in relation to this daubing paint over something is not mentioned in lawful excuse case law. If they had stopped coal trains or sprayed water on fossil fuels then maybe but just painting a building

+ 1 this not lawful excuse.