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Article: How anonymous witnesses saw justice done
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 25, 2008
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Anonymous witnesses are now called by the prosecution in more
than half of all murder trials. The practice has allowed police to
secure convictions after encountering a wall of silence from people
too frightened to appear in court. Many, particularly those involved
in gang-related violence, have only been prepared to speak out on
the condition of anonymity. The real identity of a crucial witness
to the new year murders of Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis,
the Birmingham teenagers caught in gang crossfire, was only known to
the prosecution and judge.
The man, a criminal who was given the alias of Mark Brown, had
his voice altered and was hidden from Leicester Crown Court by a
screen. ...
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