Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on Ending the Not Proven Verdict - Dec 15

Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con): A trio of professors—James Chalmers and Fiona Leverick of the University of Glasgow, and Vanessa Munro of the University of Warwick—have produced significant research on the subject. In a submission to the Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee, which I recommend that all members read, they explained that

“the not proven verdict ... is a historical accident and not a matter of conscious design.”

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