A couple of questions

[Nicholas Bohm]

At 09:51 PM 6/25/2000 +0100, Stephen Lafferty wrote: 

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<excerpt>Could any passing lawyer please provide an example of a case
where drug dealers, paedophiles or pornographers were able to avoid a
guilty verdict because the prosecution could not decrypt files on the
accused's hard drive.  I can't seem to find any evidence for this in any
promotional literature issued by the government.

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By the nature of things, as others have said, the evidence cannot be more
than anecdotal.  Professor Dorothy Denning's website may contain details
of her accumulated material about this - I am sure others here will be
able to post a URL for it.


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What is the process for obtaining a judicial review of the RIP Bill?

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There is no such process.  You can't squeal till you're hurt (although
the definition of "hurt" is wider for human rights purposes than for some
others - see the FIPR/JUSTICE audits for the question of who is a
"victim").  Then you invoke the Human Rights Act, either by way of attack
or defence, and the court has to say whether there is incompatibility. 
If there is, political pressure for amendment follows.


Regards,


Nicholas Bohm


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