In the heart of London is the Court of Appeal. One of the highest courts in the land where those already found guilty come to try to prove their innocence. This is the court that overturned the verdicts in some of Britain’s most notorious cases from the Birmingham 6 to the Guildford 4. Inside the Court of Appeal, ITV 2018
Every year around 1,500 people try to get their case to the Court of Appeal. All of them have previously been found guilty. And for most it is their last hope of proving their innocence. Few cases make it all the way to a full court hearing, and fewer than one in ten are successful. ibid.
Victims can also challenge legal verdicts. ibid.
Excuse me, sister. Where’s the court for white folks? Roman J Israel Esq 2017 starring Denzel Washington & Colin Farrell & Carmen Ejogo & Lynda Gravatt & Amanda Warren & Hugo Armstrong & Sam Gilroy & Tony Plana & DeRon Horton & Amari Cheatom et al, director Dan Gilroy, opening commentary
He [Bobby Seale] kept insisting on his right to represent himself, and the judge’s response to that was to order the bailiffs to put gaffer tape over his mouth and tie him to his chair. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Mike Gray, filmmaker, Netflix 2015
This is the most famous and feared criminal court in the land. For hundreds of years it has stood as a symbol of British justice. This is the Old Bailey. Inside its forbidding exterior, our greatest lawyers have argued over the most infamous crimes in British history. Crimes that have shocked the nation. Inside the Old Bailey, Channel 5 2020
Court 1: Some of the biggest trials in British history. ibid.
Perhaps the most terrifying statistic of all that Soares uncovered was that in Albany County (minority population 13 per cent) more than 95 per cent of imprisoned Drug Laws offenders were black or Hispanic. Whichever way you look at the figure, it can only mean one thing – something is rotten in the state. Misha Glenny, McMafia
‘She would strike out: it could begin with a slap, a shove, could be throwing a glass of wine in my face.’ Depp vs Heard: The Winners and Losers, Channel 5 2022
Celebrities at war. Heard’s allegations of abuse have rocked Hollywood. Johnny Depp denies all her claims. With a witness list to rival any Hollywood movie, and tens of millions of dollars at stake, both are trying to clear their names and save their careers. Sex, lies, drugs and abuse, this is the the inside story of a trial that gripped the world. ibid.
After losing the earlier court case against The Sun newspaper which had alleged he was a wife-beater, Depp was dropped by both The Fantastic Beasts and Pirates of the Caribbean film franchises. ibid.
Bush v Gore, 2000: Legal scholars say this is probably the first time in the 210-year history of the United States supreme court that the court limited its ruling to the case in front of it. Vincent Bugliosi, author The Betrayal of America
Supreme Court: A 6-3 ultra-conservative majority for generations to come. This means not only the possible repeal of current legislation like civil rights, women’s rights and environmental protections but also suppression of any new positive changes we might win. Abby Martin & The Empire Files: Abolish the Supreme Court, Youtube 9.01, 2020
What happens when Americans lose faith in all their democratic institutions including the Supreme Court? Bottom Line: Do Americans Trust the Supreme Court? Al Jazeera 2023
For more than ten years Americans have been saying that they’re losing faith in the people they are supposed to trust. ibid.
In family courts up and down the country judges and magistrates face almost impossible decisions every day as parents resort to the law to settle bitter disputes over their children. But what if the judges get it wrong? Dispatches: Torn Apart: Family Courts Uncovered, Channel 4 2021
A 60-year-old act of parliament says that whatever happens in these courts must be kept secret. ibid.
Courts can order the police to forcibly remove children who are not in danger from loving homes. ibid.