Police appear behind me

AdrianC

Stoke wrote: »

Unless you've done something to (or that affects) a copper then it's guilty until proven innocent, something we've seen over many years.

I know exactly what a jury is, and it's quite clear that jury's routinely fail to deliver justice. Jury's are easily influenced. Justice is only as good as the justice you pay for... we all know that.

Nothing like a good conspiracy theory, eh?

But even so, good to know you stand by 'Innocent Until Proven Guilty'.... What's your views on the three lads who got away from the Stephen Lawrence case then? I'm keen to know.

Very simple. There was insufficient evidence to prosecute them. The private prosecution was ill-judged, for that simple fact. "Well, we all know they did it" is not good enough - nor should it be. The only reason two of the five were subsequently charged, tried and found guilty when new forensic evidence became available was that one had not been part of that private prosecution (ironically, due to lack of evidence) and the other had their acquittal quashed by the court of appeal.

Stoke

AdrianC wrote: »

Nothing like a good conspiracy theory, eh?


Very simple. There was insufficient evidence to prosecute them. The private prosecution was ill-judged, for that simple fact. "Well, we all know they did it" is not good enough - nor should it be. The only reason two of the five were subsequently charged, tried and found guilty when new forensic evidence became available was that one had not been part of that private prosecution (ironically, due to lack of evidence) and the other had their acquittal quashed by the court of appeal.

Very true. I guess I'll leave it there.

AndyMc.....

Stoke wrote: »

Very true. I guess I'll leave it there.

Good move, you can’t argue with facts.

docmatt

50Twuncle wrote: »

- when I did this - the transit came past me with the police passenger leaning out of the window screaming "at last....." to me

He said this because you most probably can get two buses side by side but you were hogging the road like a fat bird on a plane seat.

shaun_from_Africa

Stoke wrote: »

I know exactly what a jury is, and it's quite clear that jury's routinely fail to deliver justice.

Surely every time a just delivers a verdict then they must be delivering justice.
You may not agree with the verdict but it's justice all the same.