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You Be the Judge: Crime & Punishment

You Be the Judge: Crime & Punishment

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Anne Robinson presents an exploration of the British public's view of sentencing in the UK. Viewers are offered a chance to compare their judgements about convicted criminals against real judges. The programme reconstructs four actual sentencing hearings - a key part of the trial system from which juries are absent

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David Butcher

Anne Robinson returns to our screens to host a provocative look at criminal sentencing, framed as a sort of panel game. Can you second-guess a judge and decide how long a convicted criminal’s sentence should have been? We get details of a real-life case, then see focus groups of ex-detectives and retired judges make their best guess — plus victims’ relatives, whose estimates err on the high side, understandably.

The court reconstructions are stilted but the process is luridly interesting, with fuel for debate and outrage at a system that, on the evidence here, pleases nobody.

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rolenamePresenterAnne RobinsonExecutive producerElliot ReedDirectorGillian Bancroft

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