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In a democratic society, we should have the right to hold a placard in protest, without fear of imprisonment. Read more about those standing with #TrudiWarner goodlawproject.org/hundreds-copy-…

@PhoenixSerenity #trudiwarner https://goodlawproject.org/trudi-warners-ordeal-finally-comes-to-an-end/

“It is fanciful to suggest that Ms Warner’s behaviour falls into the category of contempt.”

How many rape trials have been held on hold while government law officers wasted money and court time on this frivolous nonsense?

#TrudiWarner
#ToryIncompetence
#RightToProtest

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/22/judge-throws-out-case-against-uk-climate-activist-trudi-warner-sign-jurors-rights

Judge throws out case against #UK #ClimateActivist who held sign on #JurorsRights

#TrudiWarner was accused of contempt for holding placard reminding jurors of #RightToAcquitBasedOnConscience
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/22/judge-throws-out-case-against-uk-climate-activist-trudi-warner-sign-jurors-rights
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Authoritarian #Law

You can read the full judgment in #TrudiWarner’s important victory over the Solicitor General here. It confirms the principle of #juryequity and acknowledges that the difference between it being a “right” and a “power”, as put forward by the SG, is essentially a non-argument. #Righttoprotest #ClimateCrisis #TrialByJury

https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/hm-solicitor-general-v-warner/

14. As to jury equity, as I understand his case the Solicitor General appears to accept that juries have a power (of some nature) to return a verdict according to their conscience.
Mr Eardley KC describes it in his skeleton argument as "a de facto power to acquit a defendant regardless of judicial directions, because they cannot be directed to convict and they cannot be punished for acquitting on conscientious grounds, but they have no right to do so" (his emphasis). There was some debate before me about whether this is a "power" or "right" of a jury. That is not ultimately helpful but I note that at the plaque in the Old Bailey (I return to this at [17] below) it is described as a "right". It is probably best to describe jury equity as a principle of our law. It is an established feature of our constitutional landscape and has been affirmed, as set out below, in the highest courts.

The Trudi Warner #contempt case brings to mind a significant so-called 'perverse' verdict from 1991.

Michael #Randle and Patrick #Pottle were charged with helping a spy escape from prison in 1963.

The judge told the jury the defendants had no defence. The jury knew they were guilty - the pair admitted it in a book - and yet the jury unanimously found them not guilty.

#law #legal #trudiwarner #1991

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Facing #prison for holding a #placard - #GoodLawProject -

#TrudiWarner held up a sign reminding jurors they could decide a verdict according to their conscience and now could face up to two years in prison. We’re helping her fight back.
https://goodlawproject.org/trudi-warner-climate-jury-facing-prison/
#GLP

Today, retired social worker Trudi Warner is in court.
In March she held up a sign reminding jurors they could decide a verdict according to their conscience and now could face up to two years in prison.
#Solidarity #TrudiWarner #ToryRepression #HumanRights #JustStopOil

Facing prison for holding a placard - Good Law Project
https://goodlawproject.org/trudi-warner-climate-jury-facing-prison/?mc_cid=195739fddc&mc_eid=9ddecf7247

Today a letter signed by 300 people was delivered to Robert Courts, the solicitor general. Following actions across the country in 2023, including outside Oxford Crown Court, it requests that he prosecutes the signatories if he persists with prosecuting Trudi Warner.

Trudi Warner was arrested for standing outside Inner London Crown Court with a sign containing the same words as a plaque in the Old Bailey.

https://defendourjuries.org/press-releases/300-people-write-to-new-solicitor-general-since-youre-prosecuting-trudi-warner-you-should-prosecute-us-too/

#RightToProtest #RobertCourts #DefendOurJuries
#TrudiWarner

#SolicitorGeneral urged to drop prosecutions of #JuryRights activists

Letter signed by hundreds of activists criticises minister for starting #ContemptOfCourt action against activist #TrudiWarner
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/05/solicitor-general-urged-to-drop-prosecutions-of-jury-rights-activists

Video in support of #TrudiWarner, prosecuted for holding up a placard outside a court reminding jurors they are entitled not to convict for any reason https://vimeo.com/890355952/a789927369?share=copy

#GoodLawProject #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest

'#TrudiWarner reveals the dark secret of #English #courts: #juries do have the right to follow their consciences

The #SolicitorGeneral taking action against a #ClimateProtester who held up a sign outside court raises a vital issue for #CriminalJustice
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/27/trudi-warner-english-courts-juries #Law #Justice #England

With the Trudi Warner case in the spotlight, it's worth backing up and looking at how we got here, and why Trudi Warner did what she did.
The English jury system has led to many climate protestors being acquitted, so the government, aided by certain judges like Silas Reid, are going to great lengths to try to stop juries from exercising their basic democratic rights. It's creeping fascism.

#TrudiWarner
#ClimateAction

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/insulate-britain-activist-show-trials-prison-climate-protests/

In a democratic society, we should have the right to hold a placard in protest, without fear of imprisonment. Read more about those standing with #TrudiWarner https://goodlawproject.org/hundreds-copy-trudi-warners-banner-in-backlash-against-solicitor-general/
#ukpolitics @goodlawproject #goodlaw

In a democratic society, we should have the right to hold a placard in protest, without fear of imprisonment. Read more about those standing with #TrudiWarner https://goodlawproject.org/hundreds-copy-trudi-warners-banner-in-backlash-against-solicitor-general/

Yesterday, over 250 protestors stood outside courts in England and Wales, doing the same thing for which Trudi Warner is facing 2 years in prison. Holding up a sign stating a fact of law.

"Jurors have a right to give a verdict according to their convictions"

If you can't get to a court to stand with Trudi Warner, you can sign this petition.
"Please charge me" in solidarity with Trudi Warner.

#TrudiWarner
#ClimateAction

https://www.change.org/p/please-charge-me-in-solidarity-with-trudi-warner

“In 2023 telling the truth is being treated as a criminal act, with people prosecuted for displaying facts in public, and imprisoned for explaining their motivations in their own defence in a court of law. I am deeply afraid of a world where truth, science and morality are not important, or where we are not free to fight for them.”

Dr. Abi Perrin,
Scientist,
U.K.

#TrudiWarner
#ClimateAction

"If Michael Tomlinson KC, Solicitor General, hoped that prosecuting Trudi Warner, a 68 year old retired social worker from Walthamstow, East London would deter others, it’s not going to plan.

On Monday, 25 September, days after Mr Tomlinson announced his decision prosecute Ms Warner, 252 members of the public replicated her action outside criminal courts around the country, from Truro to Carlisle, from Swansea to the Old Bailey."

#TrudiWarner
#ClimateAction

https://defendourjuries.org/press/solicitor-generals-prosecution-of-trudi-warner-for-holding-sign-sparks-nationwide-public-resistance/

In a democratic society, we should have the right to hold a placard in protest, without fear of imprisonment. Read more about those standing with #TrudiWarner https://goodlawproject.org/hundreds-copy-trudi-warners-banner-in-backlash-against-solicitor-general/

In a democratic society, we should have the right to hold a placard in protest, without fear of imprisonment. Read more about those standing with #TrudiWarner

https://goodlawproject.org/hundreds-copy-trudi-warners-banner-in-backlash-against-solicitor-general/

#TrudiWarner

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