tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11461767.post115808030081799057..comments2023-10-08T16:13:53.045+03:00Comments on The Last Ditch (Archives): First double jeopardy killer jailedTom Painehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01254163054362676487noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11461767.post-1158242154242676742006-09-14T17:55:00.000+04:002006-09-14T17:55:00.000+04:00And there was I thinking that I was alone in regar...And there was I thinking that I was alone in regarding multiple trials for the same crime as a bad thing. <BR/><BR/>The CPS is already a byword for incompetence, but if it knows that it can have as many bites at the cherry as it likes, stand by for even more ill-judged prosecutions based on flimsy evidence.Croydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14670533609622717223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11461767.post-1158223676728162472006-09-14T12:47:00.000+04:002006-09-14T12:47:00.000+04:00I suspect the next case to be retried will be that...I suspect the next case to be retried will be that of the alleged killers of Stephen Lawrence. On the face of it I have no reason to believe that Jamie Acourt, Neil Acourt, David Norris, Gary Dobson and Luke Knight are innocent. After all they have been named the murderers by the Daily Mail, inviting a trial for libel. Their allegation has been quoted by other media outlets.<BR/><BR/>I wonder howAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11461767.post-1158218383782560162006-09-14T11:19:00.000+04:002006-09-14T11:19:00.000+04:00I take your point, John. There's a lot of other ev...I take your point, John. There's a lot of other evidence out there. That article happened to be to hand. <BR/><BR/>Anyone who has worked in the courts knows that the magistrates, juries and judges do their best to do justice but are as imperfect as any other humans.<BR/><BR/>All the historic protections, like double jeopardy, <I>deliberately</I> skewed the system against the prosecution so as (a)Tom Painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254163054362676487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11461767.post-1158153193921650732006-09-13T17:13:00.000+04:002006-09-13T17:13:00.000+04:00I can't disagree with your point but I do think yo...I can't disagree with your point but I do think you have picked a poor link to back up your case.<BR/><BR/>It is highly problematic to extrapolate from "exonerations" in a highly specific sample to the general case.<BR/><BR/>The article speculates that <I>many innocent people have been convicted of less serious crimes</I> because <I>they benefited neither from the intense scrutiny that murder Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11461767.post-1158140755937816332006-09-13T13:45:00.000+04:002006-09-13T13:45:00.000+04:00"[A]t the instigation of a Home Secretary who is a..."[A]t the instigation of a Home Secretary who is as imperfect a human as ever walked . . ."<BR/><BR/>Hee!Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.com