@The Deep (although i'm sure we'll have to agree to disagree on these points)... We're now a tad off topic....
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So, are you saying Mr C that the will of the people, public opinion, had nothing to do with the decision?
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If he's not, he ought to be. If you kill anyone (in self defence or otherwise) you will always be arrested. That is for a number of reasons:
1. It will entitle you to immediate legal advice
2. It will prevent you returning to the scene whilst forensics do their thing
3. It will protect the police insofar as they are required to investigate whether a crime has been committed and it will put in place strict procedural requirements.
There is nothing wrong in any of that - even if it was always pretty clear in the recent case that no charges would be brought (as indeed they were not). Nothing to do with the newspapers or public opinion, but the operation of the criminal legal system.
Similarly, it was always fairly clear (albeit some years ago now) that the farmer Tony Martin would be charged, given that he reloaded his shotgun in order to shoot at intruders, shot them in the back when they were running away and did not call the emergency services but checked into a hotel whilst his victim bled out...
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I seem to recall that quite recently the Parole Board, in their wisdom, decided to release Stephen Warboys. There was such a massive outcry from the people that the head of the Board has resigned, and the decision has been overturned.
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The High Court looked at the Parole Board decision because of proceedings brought by two of his victims, not because of "public opinion" or the newspapers. The decision was overturned because of a failure to consider all of the appropriate materials, not because there was a general hankering to lock him up and throw away the key
The head of the parole board is reported to have resigned, but was essentially sacked by the Justice Secretary because it was determined to be politically expedient. Indeed it is only this last point that is a nod to public opinion, in which the government bravely throw someone else under the bus to deflect criticism from them.
*rant over*
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