If you had 27 years of your life incorrectly taken from you by the 'justice'...

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Omstarts

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...system, could you ever rebuild? Every time I see a story like this I feel physically sick.

Although not quashed just yet, Sean Hodgson is expected to be freed on appeal later today, after spending 27 years in prison for allegedly murdering his wife. The conviction is expected to be quashed as 'unsafe' due to DNA evidence:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7949027.stm

He has been in prison since 30 years of age.

He has spent the prime of his life in prison.

He is unlikely to ever re-adjust fully in society and his hope of a family will never materialise.

When justice fails on such a catastrophic level, do we just say 'oh dear, wrong one'?

What can be done to rectify this ruination of this man's life? Anything?

Or do we accept that some murder convictions pre-dating DNA recording technology will be unsafe by nature?
 
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starlight

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you could re build to some degree but you will always be mentally scarred if you like. but he will get thousands if not million in compensation, i know money cannot take his pain away but it will sure help replace all he never had maerialisticly
 
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Coolhal

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Another reason why we dont need the death penalty.

The sad thing is that evidence has been available for 23 years that could have set him free, meaning that he would have wasted 5 years of his life and not 27. Questions need to be asked about why it has taken the justice system so long to reverse this conviction. Questions also need to be asked if this man didn't do it who did? Or will we have a Barry George answer from the police saying they are not looking for anyone else - which translates into we fcuked up and if we re-investigate we need to admit that we didn't do our jobs properly and dont want to admit it in case we are liable for compensation.

But noting can be done to compensate this man for the loss of 30 years, it is likely that he is going to need professional help for the rest of his life.

No we should never accept that innocent men are in prison with a loss of liberty and each conviction with any shred of doubt should be re-investigated.

I wouldn't swap what are probably the best 27 years of my life for a couple of million quid - would anyone?
 
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