I see that there's a British version of the US "Law and Order" TV series on the way. In this version the role of the District Attorney's office is taken by the Crown Prosecution Service. So they've already given the game away if the programme is true to life. If the suspect is rich or a politician all charges will be dropped; if a poor and powerless person the full force of the law will come down on them, and the tabloid press will be called in to blackguard them. A guilty verdict will ineviably follow.