![]() ![]() ![]() CS: You argue you in your first book that, as a public, we don’t think about the way we administer criminal justice in the same way we administer education or healthcare. If wrongdoers routinely escape justice, or the wrong people are punished for their crimes, we are a hair’s breadth away from the breakdown of social order, and the rise of vigilantism and anarchy. Ensuring that the criminal law is upheld - that those who commit crimes are brought to justice, and that those who haven’t committed crimes are not wrongly treated as if they have - is essential to keeping our social contract intact. ![]() Crimes mark the most serious breaches of the code by which we all agree to live the wrongs that strike at the heart of our society and bring pain and suffering to others. Secret Barrister: Criminal justice underpins our civilisation. Harry Cerasale, 13 November 2020 Chambers Student: Could you briefly explain why it is important to have a robust criminal justice system? We talk to them about the injustices, the misconceptions, a system on the brink of collapse, and of course, their identity. ![]() SB, as they're affectionately known, has become one the nation's most prominent critics of the government's eight-year cuts to legal aid and their damage done to the criminal justice system. With an undercover persona instrumental in their rise to fame, the Secret Barrister is a prolific blogger, tweeter, and author behind two bestselling books, ‘The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken,’ and ‘Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies’. ![]()
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