By Monidipa Fouzder2021-04-28T09:32:00+01:00
The government has dismissed concerns about the single justice procedure’s suitability for dealing with Covid-related offences, arguing that the controversial process is more transparent than the traditional court procedure.
Giving evidence to the Commons justice select committee on Covid-19 and the criminal law, justice minister Lord Wolfson of Tredegar QC said criticism of the single justice procedure was ‘misplaced’.
The single justice procedure was introduced in 2015 to deal with low-level non-imprisonable cases. Cases are dealt with by a legal adviser sitting with a single magistrate out of court. Last year the attorney general passed statutory instruments enabling offences under different coronavirus regulations to be prosecuted through the procedure.
RACINE â Racine Unified School Board member Dr. Michael Frontier wants to see change on the school board.
So heâs stepping aside to allow for that â and is hoping a person of color fills his place.
âI think the board is sympathetic to issues, but when we have a school district that is probably 60% minority, there should be some representation of the commitment of the student body and the families,â Frontier said, noting how all nine current members of the School Board are white. âWe need people on the board who are experiencing issues that our families face.â Journal Times staff
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22 January 2021 • 12:02am
A man walks along Green Street in east London, a normally busy street that is now a road of boarded up shops
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SIR – Ministers should disregard public opinion polls when determining the timetable for lifting restrictions that affect different segments of the population so inequitably. The social and economic consequences of lockdown disproportionately hurt the young and the poor.
Older people are fortunate to have been prioritised in the vaccine rollout. They are not home schooling their children or losing their livelihoods and businesses, nor will they be among the future generations required to pay off the colossal national debt accrued under lockdown policies.