Justice - if you can afford it!

I always believed that if the state brought false charges against me and I was found to be innocent in a court of law then I had a right to be reimbursed the costs of defending myself.

Now, it seems, the state is bringing so many false charges that it cannot afford to properly reimburse the innocent and will be limiting the rates they are prepared to pay. It can easily cost £4,000 or more to defend yourself against a simple false charge of speeding, can you afford to pay most of that out of your own pocket EVEN IF YOU WIN?

The result is likely to be that most of us will roll over and pay the fixed penalty fine even when innocent - simply because we cannot afford to prove our innocence!

This reminds of the film 'Brazil' where the accused had to pay for their own investigation unless they admitted their guilt, how far off are we now?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206692/The-speeding-stitch-Middle-class-drivers-pay-big-costs-bills-win-court-cases.html?ITO=1490

Ministry of justice

http://www.contracthireandleasing.com/car-leasing-news/index.php/2009/08/16/speeding-fine-stitch-up-for-the-middle-class/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=291QciJA2Wo