Police Powers
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- Police Powers
- In the 1970's and 1980's, the police were accused of beating up suspects, denying them legal represntation and withholding evidence
- This resulted in a lot of appeals and convictions being quashed
- Some cases which illustrate police powers
- Birmingham Six
- This is when six men were sentenced to life imprisonement in 1975 for a pub bombing.
- Their convictions were declared unsafe and was quashed by the Court of Appeal in March 1991
- Guildford Four
- They were falsely convicted of the bomings in 1975 and sentenced to life in prison.
- They were in prison for 15 years. All their convictions were overtuned in the appeal courts.
- This is because their confessions were obtained by torture.
- Bridgewater Four
- The men's convictions were overturned after the court of appeal ruled that the trial had been unfair.
- As there was evidence that had been fabricated so one of the defendants would confess.
- The incidents may be isolated but they raise concerns about how suspects are treated when in police custody
- The Police do not sufficent powers to detect and investigate crime, but there also needs to be a balance of fair treatment, so there will be a successful prosecution.
- Birmingham Six
- The PHILLIPS COMMISION was set up to investigate police procedures.
- It submitted several proposals which were implemeneted in PLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1984.
- In the 1970's and 1980's, the police were accused of beating up suspects, denying them legal represntation and withholding evidence
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