UPDATE ON INQUEST PROCEEDINGS
Although the Coroner's summing up was scheduled to start on 1st December it has been delayed as further submissions on verdicts are taking place on 1st.
For Justice4Jean supporters who are unfamilar with the inquest system, at an inquest a Coroner has the power to decide what verdicts can be left for a jury to consider. He can leave short form verdicts such as 'unlawful', 'lawful' or 'open' but also has the option of leaving what is known as as a 'narrative verdict' whereby the jury have the option of answering a set of agreed questions or where a jury can return a verdict where in their own words they can comment on the evidence they have heard.
After his summing up, a Coroner will direct the jury over these possible verdicts that he believes they should consider. Though if course as jury's are the 'finders of fact' in an inquest, that is to say they are the ones who have to decide on the evidence, it is ultimately up to them what they choose to return.
After 3 and 1/2 years of cover ups, lies, let down's by the state bodies who have been investigating the death such as the CPS and IPCC, the Jean Charles de Menezes Family Campaign believes it is essential that the jury are able to fully comment on all the evidence in order to deliver a meaningful result.
We await the Coroner's decision with anticipation.
J4J Campaign
Labels: General Information
This entry was posted
on Sunday, 30 November 2008 at 18:51.
