of nuremberg, does it still have any validity in terms of defence or in mitigation or in any other way can count towards a defendant arguing they are effectively under the duress of discipline of command? it is no defence in law, the soldier is expected to know the lawjust as much as the man giving him the order and the man giving that person the order. a crime is a crime and if you committed, you are guilty. if you are acting on the spur of the moment, underan are acting on the spur of the moment, under an orderfrom someone and that order is an illegal order, that can amount to mitigating the sentence, interestingly enough, i see that this young man got life imprisonment so it appears that there was no adjustment to the sentence for mitigation, but rather the sentence will be reviewed on appeal and i have not read what, if anything, the trialjudge has said about whether they accepted that he had responded to an order. [30 about whether they accepted that he had responded to an order.
everard. we have also been hearing applications from the attorney general to actually impose how live orders on some other murderers who the crown basically says have been treated unduly leniently by trial judges. quite a complicated picture and that is why so manyjudges are involved because what they say at the end of this well defined with howjudges the end of this well defined with how judges a the end of this well defined with howjudges a deal with these cases. let me tell you about wayne couzens case. when he was jailed last autumn for the murder of sarah everard, the former police officer was told by the trialjudge who is one of the most seniorjudges in the country, that his crime is so serious because he committed it as a serving police officer, abusing his position as a serving police officer to basically trick her into his car and to take away her to kill her that he warranted a whole life order, effectively because his crime as a police officer had undermined trust, the whol
court has a newjustice. ketanji brown jackson has been confirmed by the us senate. she ll become the first black woman to sit on the country s highest court and only the sixth woman in history to be a supreme courtjustice. a short time ago ms jackson addressed an audience at the white house. i have dedicated my career to public service because i love this country. and our constitution, and the rights that make us free. i also understand from my many years of practice as a legal advocate, as a trialjudge, and as a judge on a court of appeal, that part of the genius of the constitutional framework of the united states is its design. and that the framers entrusted the judicial branch with the crucial but limited role. i have also spent the better part of the past decade hearing thousands of cases and writing hundreds of opinions, and in every instance
a short time ago, ms jackson addressed an audience at the white house. i have dedicated my career to public service because i love this country. and our constitution, and the rights that make us free. i also understand from my many years of practice as a legal advocate, as a trialjudge, and as a judge on a court of appeal, that part of the genius of the constitutional framework of the united states is its design. and that the framers entrusted the judicial branch with the crucial but limited role. i have also spent the better part of the past decade hearing thousands of cases and writing hundreds of opinions, and in every instance i have done my level best to stay in my lane and to reach a result that is consistent with my understanding of the law and with
mr macron still has the edge in this election, but he s warned that nothing is impossible. as the man who broke the political mood here five years ago, if anyone should know that, it s him. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the united states supreme court has a newjustice. ketanji brown jackson has been confirmed by the us senate. she ll become the first black woman to sit on the country s highest court and only the sixth woman in history to be a supreme courtjustice. a short time ago ms jackson addressed an audience at the white house. i have dedicated my career to public service because i love this country. and our constitution, and the rights that make us free. i also understand from my many years of practice as a legal advocate, as a trialjudge, and as a judge on a court of appeal, that part of the genius