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The UK's Investigatory Powers Act allows the State to tell lies in court

rh587

No because you can't argue your side and say they're talking bollocks

I think the suggestion was perhaps that there will now always be a reasonable doubt by default regardless of the evidence actually presented because there is a possibility that the defendant may be prevented from actually defending themselves, or that the prosecution case has not been properly cross-examined.

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