I don't care about defending the legal system, but everyone who makes these false claims is discrediting themselves and playing into the hands of those who claim that opponents of mass immigration are crazy.
Nothing is secret, everything can be reported, by journalists or by ordinary citizens, with just this restriction on publication during the trial itself, which is _universally_ and strictly applied, despite the piece you quoted saying that it isn't. This is general knowledge.
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A pretty good test for police state is, if I fly to the UK in my position, can I be arrested, tried, and jailed before anyone finds out? Seems to be the case.
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I'm pretty sure you can be jailed for contempt of court within an hour anywhere with an English-style legal system, including the US (though the details of what constitutes such contempt do differ). All such courts have very strong powers to protect themselves first.
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The secrecy provisions are not unique to contempt proceedings. AFAICT I can be v& in secret as soon as I step off at Heathrow for words I've got on the internet.
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Find some evidence for that and I promise I'll help you publicise it.
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Finally, please don't think I'm trying to claim everything here is rosy. This child abuse did happen on an unimaginable scale, and it was kept quiet because people "didn't want to appear racist" and "didn't want to encourage extremism".
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But when the police have arrested people and prosecuted them, that's not a cover-up. That's what should be happening! I want to know if there are others still being covered up or not investigated properly, and this is damaging that cause.
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Maybe there's a better way of managing jury trials. Maybe they should be able to gather any information they want, maybe they should be kept in hotel rooms without phones for the duration, I don't know or much care.
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But claiming that a long-standing detail of court procedure, widely accepted and universally applied, is a POLICE STATE HELLHOLE completely detracts from any worthwhile criticism of the horrendous situation that this trial is an example of.
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