tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post7510350042408499780..comments2023-10-25T09:49:43.089+01:00Comments on BEN'S PRISON BLOG - Lifer On The Loose: Miscarriages of Justiceprisonerbenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14923205052778958118noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-51574209684365882522013-01-11T01:02:49.904+00:002013-01-11T01:02:49.904+00:00This is my first visit to this site and I think it...This is my first visit to this site and I think it is one of the best postings I have seen - ever, anywhere. And that is saying a lot.<br />I'm Irish, living in Somerset, not far from Shepton prison. I'll never forget the "appalling vista" judgement (look it up) but tend to forget that the English system has always been as cruel to its own as it is / was to innocent Irish. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760552156508583232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-69895537511348113482012-12-19T14:37:06.788+00:002012-12-19T14:37:06.788+00:00The disturbing thing about miscarriages of justice...The disturbing thing about miscarriages of justice is that the convictions are usually on evidence that one would consider 'watertight'. Wrong eyewitness accounts, false confesssions and 'junk science' forensic evidence all feature heavily. These are all bits of evidence that would sway a jury towards a guilty verdict. <br /><br />The Guildford Four, I believe; were convicted on all of those things.Jennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-84729368596031776462012-12-17T20:35:32.460+00:002012-12-17T20:35:32.460+00:00That was of course ..."one INNOCENT man go to...That was of course ..."one INNOCENT man go to prison"...<br /><br />LCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-79765951839629024932012-12-17T20:33:15.208+00:002012-12-17T20:33:15.208+00:00Good blog post. From a young age I remember the p...Good blog post. From a young age I remember the phrase "better a thousand guilty men go free, than one free man go to prison' from my father (for a short period of time a police man). Myself, having virtually no contact with the Criminal justice system, am probably one of the masses you refer to and assume (very possibly wrongly?) that this ethos runs through the institutions. One reason I read this blog is to understand more and assume less. <br /><br />That said It is understandable (if difficult to stomach) that there is not equivalent resource for appeals as prosecutions. The prosecutions process of being innocent until proven guilty, and then beyond all reasonable doubt still sounds a fine principle. I don't know if there are systematic failings within that, or just sporadic and very sad mistakes.<br /><br />LC<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-52063433648696781822012-12-17T20:01:00.273+00:002012-12-17T20:01:00.273+00:00Good blog Ben - I have first hand experience of an...Good blog Ben - I have first hand experience of an innocent person in prison - probably the worst thing that has ever happened to that person! One of the soul destroying things about putting an innocent person in prison is that no-one in authority cares one iota about it - people are just left and there is no space in the system that can even consider that perhaps someone is not guilty. Just look at the Appeal Courts - hundreds of cases and some of them really are innocent. What can be done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-82018156634561465962012-12-17T18:23:24.349+00:002012-12-17T18:23:24.349+00:0020 odd years over tariff isn't clever by any d...20 odd years over tariff isn't clever by any definition of the word ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-79440346003678077632012-12-17T17:55:12.212+00:002012-12-17T17:55:12.212+00:00You call them "the faithful"....and yet ...You call them "the faithful"....and yet here they are, giving me grief! Funny sort of "faithful", eh? But then, you should be used to being wrong.<br /><br />And for the record, I'm not half as clever as I look but twice as clever as I thought :)prisonerbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923205052778958118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-40812939032599799942012-12-17T12:13:59.124+00:002012-12-17T12:13:59.124+00:00Too clever for your own good Ben, but not as cleve...Too clever for your own good Ben, but not as clever as you thought eh?? <br />You should have left the original response on here; look at the shitstorm that's erupting amongst the faithful ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-39392269469506613972012-12-17T10:11:28.987+00:002012-12-17T10:11:28.987+00:00*I awoke today in a rather playful mood and so her...*I awoke today in a rather playful mood and so here is the new policy on comments. I have signposted it before but here it is in plain speak - stay on topic, or comment risks being deleted.<br /><br />As an outlet for the silly buggers, I will post a thread entitled Random Abuse and Stuff, where those wishing to just bore me with crap can leave their comments. This way those who wish to read them can, and those who wish to read a thread without the abuse can do so.<br /><br />This will almost certainly please no one!prisonerbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923205052778958118noreply@blogger.com