A Lanarkshire MSP is urging residents to support proposals for a new ‘victims’ law’ which would answer grieving families’ calls to scrap the controversial ‘not proven’ verdict.Tory MSP Meghan Gallacher's plea comes after party colleague Jamie Greene launched a member’s bill consultation to overhaul Scotland’s justice system and put victims of crime at the heart of it.The move backs calls to abolish the controversial 'not proven' verdict, implementing Michelle’s Law to give victims a voice when criminals are considered for release and preventing the release of killers if they refuse to say where a victim’s body is buried.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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