[Scotland] Criminal Procedure (Reform of Verdicts) (Scotland) Bill : Public Consultation / Scottish Executive, March 2007
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MICHAEL McMAHON
"The debate over the ‘Not Proven Verdict’ and its place in Scottish criminal proceedings has been ongoing for over 200 years. Sir Walter Scott famously dubbed this acquittal decision as ‘the bastard verdict’, such was the level of outrage he had noted at the illogicality of this outcome at the end of a particular court case. The issue of the three verdict system in Scotland has been debated since the Amanda Duffy case in the House of Commons; however, it has never been debated in the Scottish Parliament."