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Currently nearly 29,000 men and women – known as JPs or magistrates – deal with 95% of all criminal cases brought before courts, as well as some civil matters including family disputes.
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The JPs are the King and Queen of Cannes once again, after their last triumphant appearance there in 08, right?
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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I just want to echo this: we never called our JPs “theses,” and I’ve never heard any classmate or alum do so.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Highly Dubious Claim against Sotomayor: 2009
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John Fassenfelt, chairman of the Magistrates' Association, said that JPs had been trying to get behind the disparityto see whether it is due to magistrates sentencing black people harder or whether there's more criminality in certain communites.
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Your experiences seem to dovetail (in different ways) Vipin and JPs comments.
Is the iPhone Platform Destined to Disrupt the Packaged Software Industry? 2009
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PS … if any JPs on this blog want to reply, no need, the fact you are reading all this stuff probably means you are one of the good ones!
What A Bunch Of Plonkers « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Although scholars sometimes draw a distinction between the Justices of the Peace, as crown agents drafted primarily from the gentry class, and the nobility, they were, in fact, often one and the same person with regional magnates invariably heading the list of JPs. 6 In essence, the one with the most land in a particular area was also likely the person with the most political clout both on a national and regional level.
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Is that a copy of Iain M Banks new as of yet released novel "Matter" on JPs Shelf!!!
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Judges/magistrates/Sheriffs/JPs are there to pass judgement on wrongdoers.
Protect, Serve….. then release on bail to re-offend. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Households of regional magnates or gentry JPs were centers of patronage, culture, religious instruction, production, and politics.
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