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The War Against Crime: Is British Justice Too Fair?

BBC One
on BBC One London

In the first of four programmes
Robin Day asks Is British Justice Too Fair?
in discussion with Viscount Dilhorne, Lord Chancellor, 1962-64 Attorney-General, 1954-62, and Lord Shawcross, Q.C. Attorney-General, 1945-51 Chairman of 'Justice'-the British Branch of the International Commission of Jurists

Do too many guilty men get off?
Should the accused have to give evidence?
Should the traditional caution be abolished?
Should juries give majority verdicts?
Should a defence be disclosed before trial?

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Contributors

Presenter:
Robin Day
Panellist:
Viscount Dilhorne
Panellist:
Lord Shawcross
Producer:
Jeremy Murray-Brown
Source: Radio Times

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