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Source-led analysis of Scottish criminal justice procedure, FOI findings, and evidential rules.
The Nameless Truth Project – What Anonymous Submissions Reveal So Far
(Interim analysis – anonymity preserved, project ongoing) Why we’re publishing this now The Nameless Truth Project exists to document what happens when an allegation is false, mistaken, or…
When “Influence” Enters the Courtroom: Why Section 275 Must Be Person-Blind
Procedural Accountability | Section 274/275 Published 23 January 2026 • Reporting based on publicly available statements Ground rule: A charge is not proof. This article is not a…
Biometrics Strategy 2025–2030: Why “Public Trust” Can Still Mean Permanent Data for the Unconvicted
Policy Watch, Scotland Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) are consulting on a Joint Biometrics Strategy for 2025–2030. It promises ethics, legality, transparency, and public trust.…
When Numbers Replace Context: Reading Scotland’s RSO Data Responsibly
Police Scotland now publishes monthly figures for Registered Sex Offender (RSO) numbers. Behind the headline, two files publish totals by policing division and outward postcode. They reveal…
Section 275: No Reform Two Months After Supreme Court Ruling – January 2026 Update
January 2026 Update – Still No Emergency Action or Public Timeline from Scottish Government As of mid-January 2026, more than two months after the UK Supreme Court’s landmark…
Police Suspensions Hit 5-Year High in Scotland: What It Means for Your Defence
When confidence in policing is under strain, what safeguards exist to protect the innocent from investigative tunnel vision and institutional defensiveness? Beyond the Headlines: Suspension as a Justice…
Not proven abolished in Scotland, Thomas Ross KC on the 2026 changes
By Accused Scot | 12 January 2026 In a recent YouTube podcast episode, Craig Houston speaks with Thomas Leonard Ross KC, one of Scotland's leading King's Counsels, about…
Scotland Can’t Count Section 275 Properly — and SCTS Now Admits It
Section 275 is one of the most sensitive gates in Scottish criminal trials. It decides what the defence can ask, and what the jury is allowed to hear.…
When You’re Innocent, Prison Isn’t the Worst Part
. The Silence Is. Two years inside.Twenty years known.And still, they vanish.By the time you’re two years in, you stop expecting anyone to answer.Not because you’ve stopped caring,…
The Mercy of Ink: Final Letters from the Revolutionary Guillotine
Historical Parallel | Scottish Jurisprudence This article is inspired by a post, shared on X by @archeohistories, reflects on letters written by ordinary people condemned during the French…
Scotland 2025 and Orwell’s Warning: The Erosion of Fair Trial Rights
Read Animal Farm and 1984 again, and you start to notice something unsettling. Not because Scotland is a totalitarian state, it isn’t. It’s because Orwell understood how a…
Victims, Witnesses & Justice Reform Act 2025: Key Changes (Scotland)
Foreword: This article examines the recent Sexual Offences Review report and its implications for the Scottish legal system. Many of the review’s recommendations have since been taken forward through…