Crime and Punishment

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Lord Chief Justice

An exclusive interview with the man in charge of Northern Ireland's courts

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BBC Newsline takes an in-depth look at how our criminal justice system works and asks if it is delivering for victims of crime

Magistrates' court mock trial

Courtroom drama as students learn about the legal process

Director of Public Prosecutions

Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney speaks to Sir Alasdair Fraser

Criminal Justice in the dock

We put your questions to two specialists in criminal law

Top 5 questions to PPS

The most frequent queries faced by the Public Prosecution Service

The Public Prosecution Service

A Regional Prosecutor explains the role of the PPS in the criminal justice sytem

The police and criminal justice

Is the PSNI doing enough to bring criminals before the courts?

Victims of crime

How does the system treat those who have been wronged?

Punishment and prison life

Just how tough is life on the inside for prison inmates?

The Probation Board

The challenge of monitoring offenders and changing criminal behaviour

The court system explained

Vincent Kearney examines how Northern Ireland's courts are structured

A view from the courts

David Maxwell finds out what goes on in a typical week in our courts

Crime and punishment e-panel

Our viewers' group tells us what they think of our criminal justice system

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