- Tony G on the separation of powers Archived Message
Posted by Keith-264
on April 13, 2023, 8:29 am
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https://azvsas.blogspot.com/2023/04/what-do-you-do-when-judge-and.html What do you do when the Judge and the Prosecution Work in Harmony? The latest instalment of the Shenstone 5 Palestine Action Trial as the State is Determined to Criminalise Protest Actions This is now the third week of the trial of the Shenstone 5. The Prosecution finished its case last Wednesday and the Defence case began on Tuesday April 11 when my Cross Examination began. Judge Silas Reid - like Judge Chambers he is a second Prosecutor Despite Judge Chambers doing his best to rule out all my attempts to explain the reason behind the action at Elbit as ‘political’ I managed to convey to the jury the reasons behind our actions – the war crimes carried out by Elbit. During the first week I had fallen ill with gastro-enteritis but despite my barrister applying for me to go home and lie down, Judge Michael Chambers refused the application without giving any reason. I was not needed in the trial as it was then being taken up with legal arguments and my barrister, Danielle Mason from Garden Court Chambers argued that she did not need me to instruct her. At that point I simply walked out and called Chambers bluff. In the end no warrant for my arrest was issued despite threats to do so. This Tuesday Danielle began my Evidence in Chief and then Deborah Gould, the humourless Prosecution barrister began cross-examination. It did not go well for Gould as she tied herself down in knots trying to prove that Palestine Action was one vast conspiracy aimed at targeting the benevolent Elbit Systems whose drones she alleged had purely civil and commercial purposes. Ctd.... |
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