cleanfeed and wikipedia

Ian Batten ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:46:15 +0000


On 10 Dec 08, at 1738, Roland Perry wrote:

> In article <BBBB7A2A-8F0C-4526-920B-1D008C8FB5B1@batten.eu.org>, Ian  
> Batten <igb@batten.eu.org> writes
>>> But the first stage is surely to decide if they are indecent,  
>>> because if they aren't then all the rest falls away.
>>
>> But the trial may not progress like that.
>
> Isn't that what judges are for, and why quite a lot of trials  
> collapse partway through, because the judge can see there's no case  
> to answer?

Does the judge necessarily report in enough detail to know which part  
of the evidence was specifically exculpatory or unsafe?  That robbery  
case at Heathrow springs to mind...

ian