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<blockquote data-quote="Coolhal" data-source="post: 1685489" data-attributes="member: 396086">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.&nbsp;&nbsp; Questions need to be asked about why it has taken the justice system so long to reverse this conviction.&nbsp; Questions also need to be asked if this man didn&#039;t do it who did?&nbsp; 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&#039;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&#039;t swap what are probably the best 27 years of my life for a couple of million quid - would anyone?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Coolhal, post: 1685489, member: 396086"] 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? [/QUOTE]

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