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Remorse: A Sorry Story
Vikram Dodd investigates the role remorse plays in criminal sentencing — and what the Sentencing Guidelines have changed in practice.
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Lawful Business Christmas Cabaret
1997 demonstration of Scottish legal talent.
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Mary Craig and the Jolly Roger
Semi-dramatised documentary on Scotland's last piracy trial.
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Halt or I Fire!
The 1941 account of an off-duty RAF sergeant firing on a car during a blackout.
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The Tale of the Unsinkable Coffin
The story of an American coffin deemed too grand to commit to the deep.
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The Last Execution
The trial and execution of Henry John Burnett in Aberdeen.
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I Swear by Almighty God
The 1765 poisoning case of Thomas Ogilvie.
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Christmas Eve in the Courthouse
The seasonal influx of custodies in Scotland's sheriff courts.