What could possibly go wrong with this madcap scheme?

 

8 Feb 2017 at 16:34, Gareth Corfield Petty criminals in Britain will soon be found guilty and sentenced by computers, under new government plans.

 

Originally floated last year in a public consultation scheme, the government has now announced it will press on with its scheme to persuade low-level lawbreakers that pleading guilty online is a good idea.

 

"Under this proposal, defendants who opt into the online procedure and plead guilty will be offered the option to accept a pre-determined penalty (including the payment of any appropriate compensation and costs), be convicted and pay the amount immediately," said the government paper published earlier today on the scheme.

 

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