14 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon's Promise to kids in care could be broken due to lack of SNP planning

Auditors warned there was still "confusion" about The Promise five years on after it was first announced.

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61 h. ago SNP to 'consider' UK Government plans to allow police to restrict protests

The Scottish Government said it had “not yet seen details” of the proposals but would “consider their relevance to Scotland.”

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2 w. ago Victims will give verdict on whether SNP plans to abolish not proven and transform justice system was worth it

MSPS are stepping into the unknown by abolishing the controversial not proven verdict

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3 w. ago Victims denied justice under Scotland’s not proven verdict watch as it is finally abolished

MSPs voted through the landmark justice reform bill, rubber-stamping the axing of the verdict – meaning jurors will no longer have three options when it comes to deciding the fate of defendants at criminal trials.

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3 w. ago MSPs abolish not proven verdict in historic overhaul of Scotland's criminal justice system

MSPS have abolished the not proven verdict and a host of other big changes to Scotland’s criminal justice system.

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3 w. ago SNP escape row over sexual offences court as MSPs poised for vote to abolish 'not proven' verdict

MSPs are set to vote on whether to abolish the not proven verdict after amendments were agreed to legislation in a gruelling six-hour debate in Holyrood.

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3 w. ago What is in SNP's Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reforms Bill? 'Not proven' verdict, sexual offences court

Widespread changes to Scotland’s legal system are to be considered by MSPs.

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3 w. ago NHS 'lurching towards winter collapse', as SNP insist they have plan to fix the health service

Health Secretary Neil Gray says the public should be reassured the SNP is making progress on turning the NHS around.

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3 w. ago Angela Constance should be praised for pushing through Bill to end not proven verdict

Record View says it's time to put an end to a verdict which has confused jurors and traumatised victims and their loved ones for centuries.

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