Miscarriage of justices are ten a penny, you just don't hear about most of them.
Invariably, they involve some malpractice on the part of the police, experts or prosecutors. This ranges from ineptitude through to straightforward deceit and manipulation of evidence.
These wicked actions lead to innocent people spending many years in prison. Why is it, then, that none of these miscreants has ever - ever - been convicted after the innocent party was released?
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There's the ultimate insult. Those that manage to finally prove they were innocent, against ALL the substnatial inbuilt barriers against them, end up being billed by the prison for their bed and board! One guy ended up having to pay £37,000 after his conviction was quashed, for bed and board during the 11 years he was involuntarily incarcerated after being fitted up for something he didn't do.
ReplyDeleteThe ultimate insult.
Their immunity from prosecution motivates them to continue stitching people up. Ray Krone didn't even get an apology after doing over a decade on death row. He did get millions of dollars though.
ReplyDeleteAny monies paid in these circumstances cannot make up for the pain, distress, misery and tears experienced by, not only the falsely convicted, but by their families and friends. I know from first hand experience - the pain is unbearable and I am always concerned because no-one seems to care about injustice.
ReplyDeleteYes true, there are some miscarrage of justice, however, have you ever met anyone who has done it?Almost everyone in jail says they are innocent, so do these rapes, murders, robberies happen, and no one did it? i don't think so. By the way, just for the record, i hate the police, but they don't always get it wrong. What is very wrong, someone with money has a better chance of getting off, because they have a better lawyer.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Anon. about people with more money getting better lawyers, that reduces a court of justice and truth to 'who has the most money'. particularly unfair if the person with the most money got it imorally.
ReplyDeleteChristian Sam
@ Anon 12.48 pm: I believe DNA testing now helps out some of those who are falsely incarcerated. So clearly some of those who say they didn't do it, didn't. And some, like Ben, freely admit that they did from the beginning.
ReplyDeleteJon: Although the jails in the States tend to be worse than in the UK, the level of damages paid in the US for false imprisonment tends to be a lot higher than in the UK.
ReplyDeleteYes, Jailhouselawyer, and do you think the massive compensation payments work against prisoners in that they motivate the authorities to keep innocent prisoners inside so as to avoid taking big financial hits?
ReplyDeleteS/eyeball, in our case, the dna was inconclusive. There were some green coloured fibers in my car. (they do not know who the garment belonged to)The police sent it to another DNA testing company!
ReplyDeleteJust saying, it wouldn't say much about my brains if i couldn't tell which cons were bullshiting, however, i don't care, i wasn't there to be judge and jury on anyone. If anyone reading this ever needs a lawyer, google Mr Loophole, (if you can afford him)My legal aid lawyer was hand in glove with the police.
Anon above, I am sorry that you received inadequate legal representation - that is indeed unjust.
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