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... Control model should ensure that only the strong cases are taken forward to conviction and sentence as expeditiously as possible. Packer contrasts this with the Due Process model which takes the view that the stigma and loss of liberty might fall on the defendant, therefore insists on fairness criteria and other protections for the defendant. This places the open adjudication in court, with the possibility of an appeal to ensure maximum protection is in place for the defendant. Some components of the Due Process model would claim to have a more accurate method of discovering the truth than the Crime Control Model. The writer will now apply Packer's models to the cases of the former butler to Princess Diana, Paul Burrell and David Shayler the former employee of MI5, by applying Packers methods we can determine if the agencies of the criminal justice procedure3 applied the requisite criteria of the Due Process ...
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