Gareth Corfield

@GazTheJourno Sorry for jumping to the 'you can do my homework for me' question but does this apply to Civil as well as Criminal cases?

@GazTheJourno So what would happen if a member of the jury asked this question?This would lead to automatic assumption of "reasonable doubt"

@GazTheJourno The jury wouldn't be able to accept any of the evidence, as there would be no chain-of-proof for the evidence.

@billy74919063 ... assuming that the jury doesn't just ignore that, as the judge would almost certainly direct them to.

@GazTheJourno It's one of the mechanisms that allows unjust laws to be overturned

@GazTheJourno I used this approach myself, during jury service. :D

@billy74919063 also been on a jury and atmosphere is very much "just do as judge tells you, nobody really understands this place"

@GazTheJourno I read up on things years ago in civics class, as a kid in Scotland, and read up on things when i moved down here.

@GazTheJourno much the same as long-standing treatment of informant evidence under PII cert

@botzarelli @GazTheJourno Yeah that's an unpleasant parallel isn't it?

@frank_fisher @GazTheJourno more manageable though- just don't deal in open court in front of jury, go in Chambers to get direction first.

@GazTheJourno @earwulf Where is that country? North Korea?

@jvantill @GazTheJourno It's the UK… their "Investigatory Powers Bill" up for a vote soon