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1	The shootings in Manchester – and a baby born in Helmand – have revived the debate over women's role in the services The shootings [of police] in Manchester – and a baby born in Helmand – have revived the debate over women's role in the services	203
2	Remove preventative work from the remit of youth offending teams, MPs told Andrew Neilson, director of campaigns at The Howard League for Penal Reform, told a justice select committee hearing into the future of youth justice:....“There is a degree to which the machinery [of the youth justice system] is self-perpetuating the problem rather than doing anything about it," he said. "Prevention and early intervention should lie outside the youth justice system."	233
3	Florida Innocence Commission: 6 Ways State Is Keeping The Wrongfully Convicted In Prison In 1974, a 9-year-old Polk County boy was taken from his bedroom and raped in a field. The boy's uncle, a high school assistant principal, said the description of the attacker sounded like a student, Jimmy Bain. Police went to Bain's home that evening and arrested him. The 19-year-old was sentenced to life in prison despite the fact that he had an alibi and his blood type didn't match the semen sample. For 35 years, James Bain sat in prison as letter after letter asking for DNA testing was rejected......	138
4	Deconstructing Rituals of Reconciliation How do we judge the authenticity of reconciliatory actions? And why do we even need to bother?	92
5	Reading the Riots phase two: police, victims and the courts Guardian/LSE study of England's summer riots of 2011, second stage.	101
6	Disaster averted but questions remain over courts' response to riots Was the remand system used appropriately, was due process sufficiently observed and were the stiff sentences justified?	258
7	Riot sentencing put 'nice kids' behind bars, lawyers say Sentencing rulebook was 'torn up and thrown away', magistrate says, but prosecutors argue harsher punishments were justified	193
8	Rapid riot prosecutions more important than long sentences, says Keir Starmer Director of public prosecutions challenges received wisdom that heavy sentences for rioters worked as an effective deterrence	155
9	DWP 'did not do enough to stop fraud among welfare-to-work companies' National Audit Office finds Department for Work and Pensions knew risk of fraud but did not introduce checks	237
10	An Unjust Solution "Not long ago in Georgia, a six-year-old named Salecia Johnson was handcuffed and taken from her elementary school to the local police station. The school chose to do this, instead of sending her to time-out, or home to her parents or to the principal’s office...Zero tolerance in our schools has become an excuse for a blatant abdication of leadership, fairness, compassion, and common sense."	190
11	South Yorkshire police chief defends PCSO plans Proposal for community support officers to take primary role in dealing with public 'won't mean the end of bobbies on the beat'	291
12	CY4OR "Whether it’s serious & complex crime, terrorism, fraud or a civil dispute CY4OR can provide the solution..... a reputable company with a proven track record in providing forensic, edisclosure and information risk management expertise."	286
13	Civil liberties: don't mess with the rule of law	247
14	Intelligent rape investigation and prosecution	171
15	Less of the anti: police and social media, by Julie "The first thing I realised when I joined this Force was that police LOVE telling stories......"	169
16	AFENTIS FORENSICS ..the UK’s leading investigation practice, providing sophisticated analysis of computers, telecommunication evidence/tracking, cell site analysis, e-Discovery, indecent imagery (Operation Ore), and audio-visual exhibit assessments. Certified analysts are available to assist in drug enquiries, toxicology assessments, DNA profiling, fingerprint comparisons, firearm or ballistic studies, and the evaluation of questioned documents.	152
17	Glenn Greenwald on Two-Tiered U.S. Justice System, Obama’s Assassination Program & the Arab Spring Glenn Greenwald’s new book, "With Liberty and Justice for Some," offers a scathing critique of the two-tiered system of justice that ensures the political and financial class is virtually immune from prosecution in the USA.	255
18	Leon Panetta’s explicitly authoritarian decree Comment on Obama's authorization of 'undercover' executions of US citizens, if suspected terrorists, without due process or public debate or transparency	190
19	We must acknowledge the limits of policing and punishment in the absence of social justice Robert Reiner, expert on sociology of policing, on the LSE blog	193
20	Confessions of a traffic warden Confessions of a London traffic warden and confirmation of what we all suspected by way of dirty tricks	560

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