
VIDEO INTERVIEW | Skerlev: Judges and prosecutors for wrongful convictions "on a platter" in Britain
Great Britain is making drastic changes to the judiciary, fundamental changes to the legislation. The gruesome murders that have occurred in the last few years have awakened the public to show revolt against the authorities. We talk about the latest developments in the United Kingdom with the journalist and correspondent from London for Free Press Jeanetta Skerlev.
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When those in charge don't do their job, as Skrelev says, incidents happen, murders happen, something happens with long-term consequences not only for the family, but for society in general.
– It is not enough for the government to say, yes, we will take action, the people are demanding that those who did not do their job properly be named. And this is something that is happening for the first time in this country, seeing as there are various trials and murders here, we do not see lawyers here, we do not see judges either. Sometimes only for a major case may it be mentioned, the participants in the procedures are not media personalities. But now it has been decided to pass a law to name them. And as the mother of one of the deceased students from Nottingham said, this is not so that we seek blood revenge, but so that they know that they cannot hide behind institutions. It cannot be "I am a member of the judicial council somewhere or of the bar association or of the mental health institute". They need to be named with their first and last names so that they and others can think when they make decisions, that they are sound decisions and that they follow them, follow them - said Skerlev.
Public shame has reached those less conscientious, and resignations have already begun to appear.
– The Prime Minister appeared on television, the ministers said what had been done, who had been interviewed, that it was an independent investigation, that the most eminent experts were called to the investigation. And so the public received information that the investigation was being taken seriously. The parents of the Nottingham case were not satisfied with how the police had done their job, they and their relatives pressed for a new investigation and it was secured, the government secured a new investigation and the parents did not pay for the investigation, the state paid for it. And that independent investigation led to the demonstration of the problems in the system that some people were not doing their job properly. And now, since we have established that some people were not doing their job, we have apologies, we have resignations, we have appointments of officials who did not do their job – she says.
In the United Kingdom, a decision has also been made to abolish privacy protections in juvenile courts.