Law of the United Kingdom summary court. The sheriff courts provide a local court service with 49 sheriff courts organised across six sheriffdoms. The Scots legal system is unique in having three possible verdicts for a criminal trial: "guilty", "not guilty" and ""not proven"". Both "not guilty" and "not proven" result in an acquittal with no possibility of retrial. The Cabinet Secretary for Justice is the member of the Scottish Government responsible for Police Scotland, the courts and criminal justice, and the Scottish Prison Service, which manages the prisons in Scotland. Welsh law is the primary and secondary legislation generated by the National Assembly for
Guilty Pleasures (novel) Guilty Pleasures (novel) Guilty Pleasures is a 1993 horror and mystery novel by Laurell K. Hamilton. It is the first book in the New York Times bestselling series. "Guilty Pleasures" introduces the character of Anita Blake, a vampire hunter and necromancer, who works in an alternate universe where magic, vampires, werewolves and other supernatural elements exist. The novel blends elements of supernatural and hardboiled detective fiction. In "Guilty Pleasures", Anita is blackmailed by , the vampire master of the city, into investigating a series of vampire murders. During the course of this investigation, Anita begins her relationship with Jean-Claude, another