Category Archives: British justice

Pauline Pearce: why jail drug mules?

“Hackney heroine” tells why she confronted rioters (from last Monday’s Guardian) Pauline Pearce was the woman caught on camera lecturing rioting youths in Hackney that they should “fight for a cause” rather than tearing apart their neighbourhood, and the footage … Continue reading

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Seize their buildings

Earlier today I watched the Dispatches programme, Britain’s Secret Slaves (in the UK, you can watch it on their 4oD service), about the mistreatment of domestic workers in the UK. The first half, roughly, dealt with campaigners who try to … Continue reading

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DNA casts doubt on Luke Mitchell’s guilt

Luke Mitchell is someone I didn’t want to be guilty when I heard the case on the news at the time, but after the verdict and the sentence I had to concede. However, any guilty verdict is followed by various … Continue reading

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Wrongly jailed man freed after 27 years

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