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Inside Justice Week is a major public campaign aimed at opening up the criminal justice system to the public.
Inside Justice Week is a major public campaign aimed at opening up the criminal justice system to the public.It's about explaining how the system works and giving people the chance to look behind the scenes. The theme for this year's campaign is Justice For All. Throughout this week, The Evening Telegraph, working alongside the Cambridgeshire
Criminal Justice Board and Her Majesty's Courts Service, will be giving readers a chance to see how justice is done locally – and to take part in local justice.
You be the judge:
Case 1: Carrying concealed weapons
You be the judge - Police are called to an argument outside a Peterborough pub between Mike and a doorman.
Case 2: Possession of cannabis
You be the judge - John Smith (22) is arrested close to Peterborough Railway Station at 9pm one May evening.
Case 3 - Driving while disqualified
You be the judge - Two police officers are patrolling Peterborough City Centre in a marked police vehicle at 9.30pm on December 31.
On Friday, 24th October The ET will publish the sentences three real Peterborough magistrates would give out and why.
Features published in The Evening Telegraph:
Day Two - Judge Nicholas Coleman's view, by Asha Mehta, 21 October.
Who better to give a unique insight into how the justice system ticks than Peterborough Combined Court Judge Nicholas Coleman?
Day one - the people involved, by Asha Mehta, 20 October.
Peternborough's criminal courts play a crucial role in delivering justice, with some of the hardest decisions our society makes taking place there.
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