Attorney-General has no role in stays of proceedings

The Attorney-General is not involved in deciding matters of a criminal nature, said Attorney-General, Margaret Wilson. This is because it is important there should not be any element of political interference with the justice system.

In the instance of Tanjas Darke, Crown Law, after considering all the facts, decided this was a matter that should be determined in a transparent way in an open court. Ms Coddington was advised last week of the fact that the Attorney-General had no role in this decision, and that her powers in cases like this are formally delegated to the Solicitor-General to avoid any political interference, or appearance of political interference, in the criminal justice system.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>