In November 2013, cuts to legal aid were planned in a way that would dramatically affect the distribution of justice. The yearly budget of £2bn – which has already been cut by £320m this parliament – is in line for a further cut of £220m. Of the remaining budget, £1bn is for criminal defence […]
Honor Fitzgerald examines how Malaysian citizen Yong Vui Kong was given a second chance on death row, and what the case could mean for justice, sentencing, and poverty In 2007, Malaysian citizen Yong Vui Kong, at the age of nineteen was arrested for trafficking 47.27g of Heroin. As a naive and vulnerable fourteen year old […]
