Special Criminal Court

The Special Criminal Court (Irish: CĂșirt ChoiriĂșil Speisialta) is a juryless criminal court in the Republic of Ireland which tries terrorist and organised crime cases.

Read more about Special Criminal Court:  Legal Basis, History, Structure, Criticism, Well-known Cases

Famous quotes containing the words criminal court, special, criminal and/or court:

    Think of admitting the details of a single case of the criminal court into our thoughts, to stalk profanely through their very sanctum sanctorum for an hour, ay, for many hours! to make a very barroom of the mind’s inmost apartment, as if for so long the dust of the street had occupied us,—the very street itself, with all its travel, its bustle, and filth, had passed through our thoughts’ shrine! Would it not be an intellectual and moral suicide?
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.
    Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

    The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    When a man’s feeling and character are injured, he ought to seek a speedy redress.... My character you have injured, and further you have insulted me in the presence of a court and large audience. I therefore call upon you as a gentleman to give me satisfaction for the same.
    Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)