LamieRobertson
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Anyone else watch tonights bbc1 drama by Jimmy McGovern....thought provoking about ''Joint Enterprise'' within our legal system...another program i believe during the week hearing from both sides.
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Kaiser_Soze
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- Apr 14, 2008
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Very very good program. Love Jimmy McGovern stuff. The other programs relating to it look very interesting too.
robinsonsgrin
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Agree, it was very well executed. Makes me feel uneasy actually..... and having sat on a jury, I don't have as much confidence in due process as I once did.
Made my blood boil. These things DO happen.
We should support the Police, the judiciary and the CPS most of the time as they struggle to tread a fine line in pursuit of the truth. We should never be afraid to question them.
We should support the Police, the judiciary and the CPS most of the time as they struggle to tread a fine line in pursuit of the truth. We should never be afraid to question them.
Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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I thought it was classic British TV drama, the stuff we used to get on most evenings on all the terrestrial channels, before TV got all but hijacked by reality television.
Right from the outset where the young lad was effectively hoodwinked by the Police and pulled in even deeper to the ludicrous plea bargaining and one of the alleged accused not even standing trial it was gripping stuff.
The end with the sound bites from families of people currently banged up over this specific point of law made it all the more thought provoking.
Right from the outset where the young lad was effectively hoodwinked by the Police and pulled in even deeper to the ludicrous plea bargaining and one of the alleged accused not even standing trial it was gripping stuff.
The end with the sound bites from families of people currently banged up over this specific point of law made it all the more thought provoking.
Return of the Rev
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Good programme tonight,pro's and cons with joint enterprise
Keeping The Dream Alive.
Naming Rights
Really good. Be interesting to see the rest of the shows around joint enterprise this week. Wonder how many google hits that phrase got during the show...
pastafarian
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it was excellent viewing for a fictional drama.
looking forward to the debate on tv tonight with regards to this law and how it resurfaced as a tool primarily to combat gang culture.
looking forward to the debate on tv tonight with regards to this law and how it resurfaced as a tool primarily to combat gang culture.
Machiavelli
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Powerful stuff from Jimmy McGovern yet again.
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
Didnt get a chance to watch last night but will try and view via catch up. thanks for the heads up on this. I am a big fan of Jimmy McGoverns other work.
Great drama. Really scary that everyone got clobbered for one person's crime. The other kids who got done for GBH (except the driver) were guilty of something.
And yet, something needs to be done to prevent a wall of silence. I ended up concluding it was a worthwhile idea, poorly implemented. The legal equivalent of the privatisation of British Rail as implemented by the Tories in the early 90s.
And yet, something needs to be done to prevent a wall of silence. I ended up concluding it was a worthwhile idea, poorly implemented. The legal equivalent of the privatisation of British Rail as implemented by the Tories in the early 90s.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Give the police an inch and they will take a mile, interesting one of the women at the end is the Mother of a lad done for the killing of Garry Newlove under this joint enterprise thing, wonder if they were desperate to make a conviction because his widow is so outspoken ?
Wrong-Direction
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- Mar 10, 2013
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If you hang around with these type of people you deserve to rot in jail (for 10years) with them!