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Racial and Religious Hatred Bill

Ultimately, someone must make a judgement, and on the basis of new clause 2, the people making the judgment will be the jurors in the criminal trial that takes place. At least it would be possible, however, to say to the jurors, ““Unless, members of the jury, you are satisfied that the tone and content of what was said was such as to constitute a justification for a violent act against another group, it doesn’t matter how threatening, abusive, insulting or what the intent might have been. It is irrelevant; the person is not guilty.”” It would boil down to that.