{"id":306951,"date":"2025-04-17T06:38:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=306951"},"modified":"2025-04-18T06:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T06:16:52","slug":"goodbye-jury-trials-hello-digital-id-10-recommendations-from-the-crime-and-justice-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=306951","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Jury Trials, Hello Digital ID: 10 \u201crecommendations\u201d from the Crime and Justice Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kit Knightly \u2013 Off-Guardian April 16, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Times Crime and Justice Commission was established last year<\/a>, with its mission statement being to\u2026<\/p>\n

consider the future of policing and the criminal justice system, in the light of the knife crime crisis, a shoplifting epidemic, the growing threat of cybercrime, concerns about the culture of the police, court backlogs, problems with legal aid and overflowing prisons.<\/p>\n

And today is that long-promised glorious golden day where they reveal their findings. The white smoke has gone up and we get to witness the result of their long hours of toil.<\/p>\n

How are we going to fix everything?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at the complete list, with some helpful annotations:<\/p>\n

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  1. Introduce a universal digital ID system to drive down fraud, tackle illegal immigration and reduce identity theft;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Digital ID for everybody! It\u2019s going to solve every problem! We\u2019ve talked this to death, it was always going to be in here.<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Target persistent offenders and crime hotspots using data to clamp down on shoplifting, robbery and antisocial behaviour;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      That\u2019s about surveillance. \u201cData\u201d means your private data which they will get from social media companies.<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Roll out live facial recognition and other artificial intelligence tools to drive the efficiency and effectiveness of the police;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Again, FRT was always going to feature. I\u2019m not sure what \u201cother artificial intelligence tools\u201d means, but the vagueness is likely the point. \u201cEfficiency\u201d is the word doing the heavy-lifting in that sentence, intended to capture the pro-MAGA, pro-Musk UK crowd.<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Create a licence to practise for the police, with revalidation every five years to improve culture and enhance professionalism;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          That\u2019s just throwing something out for the \u201cother side\u201d. So far it\u2019s all just more powers for the police and courts, this adds some faux accountability framework into the mix to make it look fair.<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Set up victim care hubs backed by a unified digital case file to create a seamless source of information and advice;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Same as above, with some extra seasoning for the digital identity sales pitch thrown in.<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Introduce a new intermediate court with a judge and two magistrates to speed up justice and reduce court delays;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              This is about replacing trial by jury, and that\u2019s all it\u2019s about. It\u2019s something they\u2019ve been wanting to do for years<\/a> and keep making excuses to try<\/a>.<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. Move to a \u201ccommon sense\u201d approach to sentencing with greater transparency about jail time, incentives for rehabilitation and expanded use of house arrest;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Not sure what this means in real terms, but any use \u201ccommon sense\u201d in this kind of document should always raise an eyebrow. As should the idea of \u201cexpanded use of house arrest\u201d.<\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Give more autonomy and accountability to prison governors with a greater focus on rehabilitation and create a College of Prison and Probation Officers;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  No idea what this means yet. Could be about more prison-based work programs (a la private prisons in the US), could just be fluff between important parts.<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. Restrict social media for under-16s to protect children from criminals and extreme violent or sexual content;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Again, very predictable. And, again, very dishonest. As we\u2019ve said a thousand times, \u201crestricting social media to under-16s\u201d \u2013 in practical terms \u2013 means everyone on social media has to verify their age<\/em>. So bye-bye online anonymity.<\/p>\n

                    What\u2019s surprising about this is, despite this report supposedly being written for the last year or more, it chimes in exactly with the topical political discussion around Adolescence<\/em>. I suppose that means one of three things:<\/p>\n

                    \u2013 The report was re-written at the last minute to hit topical talking points.
                    \n\u2013 It was all orchestrated ahead of time to sell an agenda.
                    \n\u2013 It\u2019s all a coincidence.<\/p>\n

                    \u2026and we\u2019ll never know which.<\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 to take account of new developments in neuroscience.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      And we end on a flat note, because I\u2019m not sure what the broader implications of this would be yet. Could be more soft-sounding padding to water down the tyranny, could be something darker. I guess we\u2019ll find out.<\/p>\n

                      *<\/p>\n

                      So, list completed, let\u2019s review. how are we going to fix everything?<\/p>\n

                      We\u2019re going to replace jury trials.<\/p>\n

                      We\u2019re going remove online anonymity and legally limit access to social media<\/p>\n

                      We\u2019re going introduce facial recognition technology.<\/p>\n

                      And we\u2019re going to implement mandatory digital identity.<\/p>\n

                      Yes, to the surprise of absolutely nobody, the report\u2019s much-anticipated list of \u201crecommendations\u201d amounts to \u201cwe should do everything we\u2019ve been planning to do for years\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

                      Now, some people might argue \u201cit doesn\u2019t matter what this commission recommends, they aren\u2019t officially in power\u201d. And that might be a fair point if being \u201cin power\u201d really meant anything.<\/p>\n

                      Besides, the Lord Chancellor has already said that some of these recommendations will likely be made law in the near future<\/a>.<\/p>\n

                      Shall we try and guess which ones?<\/p>\n

                      Many thanks to commenter ImpObs<\/a> for bringing this to my attention.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                      The commission\u2019s much-anticipated list of \u201crecommendations\u201d amounts to \u201cwe should do everything we\u2019ve been planning to do for years\u201d. If implemented this will result in a more extensively monitored and tightly controlled society <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":306952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-306951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Surveillance","category-The_New_World_Order"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=306951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306953,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306951\/revisions\/306953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/306952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=306951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=306951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=306951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}