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Evening Standard

Fast-track courts: Missed chances to fix the Single Justice Procedure

Evening Standard
Summary
Nutrition label

65% Informative

SJP processes up to 800,000 criminal cases each year , for minor offences such as speeding, fare evasion, and not paying for a TV licence.

Magistrates sit behind-closed-doors and make decisions based on written evidence alone.

John McDonnell , Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington , insisted that court processes must be visible’ and Andy Slaughter , a Labour veteran on justice, warned of secret courts’.

VR Score

72

Informative language

74

Neutral language

24

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

59

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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