Tuesday, 1 January 2008

Prison Suicides

How many of these prison suicides were of people “convicted” either by majority verdict or of a serious offence but without a jury? There have always been people in prison who have protested their innocence, sometimes truthfully. But there are now probably huge numbers who really are innocent, including considerable numbers who, having been “convicted” by majority verdict, have by definition not been convicted beyond reasonable doubt.

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