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13 April 2018 / Chris Dale
Issue: 7788 / Categories: Features , Profession , Criminal
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​Book review: Stories of the Law and How it’s Broken

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“The depressing thing about this book is the clarity with which SB shows that many people beyond the complainant suffer needlessly at the hands of the criminal justice system” 

Author: The Secret Barrister 
ISBN: 9781509841103 
RRP: £16.99
Order via www.thesecretbarrister.com or pick up a copy from all good bookshops 

Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken, by the anonymous author known as The Secret Barrister (SB), describes the present appalling state of the criminal justice system and is one of those books which make you hate politicians. The decisions which underlie the conditions described in the book are the product of more than just budget-cutting; ideology and ignorance play their part, along with a cynical calculation about who votes for what. 

Most of us would confidently assert (or at least assume) that we will never fall victim to the criminal justice system. ‘Victim?’ you ask. There are victims of crime (or complainants who claim to be victims of alleged crimes, as we should

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