Not proven verdict to be scrapped as Scottish Parliament backs reforms

Scotland’s plans to scrape the undisputed unconscious decision of the MSPs were approved by the MSPs.

Movement is part of the extensive justice reforms that will increase the threshold of a guilty decision in the jury hearing and form a special sexual criminal court.

The abolition of the unproven decision -specific decision that can be watched until the 17th century will be a major milestone in the legal history of the country.

Supporters claim to reduce the risk of wrong conviction – but critics say the decision is confusing and cannot be closed to victims.

It is one of the three decisions in Scotland’s criminal courts that are not proven, not guilty and not guilty.

The defendant is acquitted and innocent in the eyes of the law.

Repeated calls were directed by the families of the victims, which have not been proven in recent years and are often perceived as an unfair decision.

There is no specific definition that is not proven in law. At the beginning of a penalty hearing, the jury members are told that there were two acquittal decisions – but how they were different.

Justice Secretary Angela Constance said that the victims of “traumatized” and “a permanent stamping on the defendant” is a “common misunderstanding” decision.

However, the Scottish Law Association argued that the abolition of the abortion of justice at risk.

A Published in 2019 The abolition of the undisputed decision may lead more jury members to a guilty decision in fine balanced cases.

He also emphasized inconsistent views on how it was not proven and different without being guilty.

Latest Scottish government figuresFor 2022/23, 1% of those who face criminal charges in court were acquitted by an unproven decision and acquitted compared to 4% in a non -guilty decision.

The victims of the government, witnesses and reforms in the Justice Reform Law include a change when the criminal decisions are decided.

There are 15 members of Scottish jury, and a simple majority of eight jury members are required for a decision. Two -thirds of the new rules will be upgraded to 10 of these 15 jury members.

Increasing the bar for guilty decisions aims to eliminate the concerns of some defense lawyers who are afraid of the unproven decision.

Reforms also pave the way for these:

• The creation of a special sexual crime court, including “trauma informed” training for judges and legal personnel
• A victim and witness commissioner – an independent office responded to parliament will be responsible for maintaining maintenance standards
• Conditional Evacuation Board, while a murderer should get rid of the prison while thinking of the location of the location of the victims of the victims of refusal to explain the location of the victims and the need to consider the safety of the victims and their families
• Extending the rules that restrict the sexual history of a complainant in court
• A trial scheme Giving free access to the victims of rape and serious sexual assault

The ministers did not set a timeline to scrape the unproven decision or to bring a two -thirds majority for guilty decisions.

These changes will require the training of judges and court personnel.

Establishing a sexual criminal court and a sacrifice commissioner may take significantly longer.

Most of the rape cases reported to the police do not lead to prosecution. To address this, the ministers proposed a pilot plan to allow serious sexual crimes to be made without a jury and to be decided by a single judge.

But, This precaution was reduced Following the criticism of lawyers and judges.

Sacrifice Support Scotland General Manager Kate Wallace, the transition of the bill is “an important opportunity”, he said.

“This is taking an important step towards creating a system that takes into account the needs of people affected by the crime.” He said.

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