David Wilson: Blindspot in the Scottish criminal justice system lets guilty go free
Let’s think about the obstacles to getting justice in Scotland. A recent and very readable discussion paper called Access to Justice for Everyone, produced by the Scottish Human Rights Commission, identified four man barriers that blocked people getting justice: a lack of awareness of rights; a lack of legal, financial and emotional resources; the complexity of different complaints procedures; and weak mechanisms to promote system-level learning from past mistakes and violations.