Thursday 6 December 2007

Judging the Judges?

Here's a controversial one for you.

A number of UK judges are to undergo media training so that they can speak to the media following controversial sentencing decisions:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7130616.stm

An interesting one this; I'm sure it'll help to educate the public about how and why these decisions are made, but are we at risk of putting the judges themselves on trial?

It's sure to ruffle a few feathers with judges having to explain themselves to the press...

What do you think?