No "Shawshank Redemption" for real victims of injustice
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For the wrongly jailed, there is no Shawshank Redemption ending (Guardian Unlimited)John McManus of the Miscarriages of Justice Organisation (MOJO, set up by Paddy Hill of the Birmingham Six) on the grotesque spectacle of compensation for victims of wrongful imprisonment being cut to take into account the lodgings provided by prison, and the food which other prisoners adulterate with glass and other things you don't want in your food. Also, in the comments, a revelation about some professor who repeated the accusations against Sally Clark (wrongly jailed for killing her babies, released after medical causes were found, which were actually known all along, and who died last Friday) on his blog within a day of her death, then deleted it ([1], [2]).
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Any miscarriage of justice is a disgrace and a tragedy, but what happened to Sally Clark makes my blood boil. Of all the things to be wrongly accused of. And so avoidable too. No wonder she couldn't live.
It makes me ashamed of our so-called "justice" system - not that it doesn't happen and worse elsewhere, but that doesn't make it one jot less wrong.
Posted by: Old Pickler | March 25, 2007 2:52 AM
More on medical witnesses: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2042667,00.html
Posted by: Thersites | March 26, 2007 12:43 PM
Hello everyone,
Please could you sign my petition to parliament by using the link below, if you agree with the content. If you could also forward the link to as many people as possible it would be greatly appreciated. Apologies if you have already recieved this email.
I feel the law needs to be changed to help the falsely accused and wrongfully convicted who have committed no crimes but are serving indefinite sentences nonetheless. At least 200 signatures are required for the government to take notice of my petition. There are 167 signatures to date but the more the better. Since the introduction of the indeterminate sentence for public protection in 2005 it's possible for a person to be detained for up to 99 years if they do not address their offending behaviour. What hope then if you are an innocent person wrongly convicted!? How can anyone be expected to feel remorse and guilt for crimes that never happened? This outrageous sentence must be scrapped as it is adding to the already overcrowded prison system and is placing many innocent people in a bureaucratic limbo from which there is no escape.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/OUTRAGEOUS/
Many thanks
Posted by: kaystella | February 5, 2008 10:28 PM