The Elbit Four case: A legal scholar warns of eroded jury rights and overreach under terrorism laws
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Geoffrey Robertson
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Geoffrey Robertson KC argues that the treatment of the "Elbit Four" — pro-Palestine activists who caused criminal damage to an Elbit Systems factory — is a grave miscarriage of justice. He draws a parallel to the historic 1670 Bushell's Case, which established that jurors cannot be punished for their verdicts. Robertson contends that the jurors who found the activists guilty of criminal damage had no idea their verdict would be treated as a verdict on terrorism, leading to severe sentencing under terrorism laws. He calls for public outrage at the legal overreach and the erosion of jury independence.
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bskyThe Elbit Four case: A legal scholar warns of eroded jury rights and overreach under terrorism lawstheguardian.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe jurors who found the pro-Palestine activists guilty of criminal damage had no idea their verdict would be treated as a verdict on terrorism
No juror could be punished for their refusal to convict, entitling a jury to decide according to its conscience, whatever the bench directed
You may not sympathise with the Elbit four's methods. But you should be outraged by their treatment under the law
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