Miscarriages of justice-Do they really happen.

[teenyweeny 10]

he doesnt fit the typical paedophile characteristics,no sexual offences against children, can you go from zero to murderer, Surley he would have been detected by odd behaviour..but he had nothing,people that knew him would not have dreamed he capable of this in a million years..very odd and strange.

[ukdobby 224]

I reckon there's more guilty people who get off than innocent people found guilty,yes there are many miscarriages.

[Ridgeway84 10]

I reckon there's more guilty people who get off than innocent people found guilty,yes there are many miscarriages.

 

The guilty not being found guilty isn't a miscarriage if that's what you mean. It just means it wasn't proven beyond reasonable doubt. The only misscarriages are the innocent going down.

[Mecky 10]

I see miscarriages of justice everyday from judges who do not know the law or just ignore it

[boyfriday 21]

Maybe in time all discrepancies will come to light in the Mark Bridger case it is early days imo..But you can bet when all the controversary has died down certain things will come to the forefront.

 

I think he was damned the minute human bone fragments were found in the grate of his fire, and when he admitted knocking her over, oh and then forgetting how he disposed of her body.

 

I guess having pictures of pubescent children on his computer didn't help either.

 

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Surley he would have been detected by odd behaviour..but he had nothing,people that knew him would not have dreamed he capable of this in a million years..very odd and strange.

 

Did anyone believe Stuart Hall was a paedophile before his conviction?

 

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Can full life tariffs be overturned and what is the deadline for appeal of a case.

 

Yes they can, but I think you're going to struggle being Bridger's appeal advocate

[ukdobby 224]

The guilty not being found guilty isn't a miscarriage if that's what you mean. It just means it wasn't proven beyond reasonable doubt. The only misscarriages are the innocent going down.

 

I say it is,if justice was carried out the guilty would be found guilty and sentenced.

[geared 317]

If you think Mark Bridger is innocent then you must be some kind of moron, clearly he's guilty as they get.

He even admitted he was responsible for her death.

 

He refuses to admit to what he has done, because he's a complete siko.

 

The man belongs in jail, I'm happy he will spend the remainder of his miserable life there.

[Halibut 12]

he doesnt fit the typical paedophile characteristics,no sexual offences against children, can you go from zero to murderer, Surley he would have been detected by odd behaviour..but he had nothing,people that knew him would not have dreamed he capable of this in a million years..very odd and strange.

 

He had sexual images of children on his computer (one of the search terms police found was 'naked young five year old') and also photos of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells, Jessica Chapman and Caroline Dickinson.

 

He had a long criminal record. He was an alcoholic. As well as the porn recent images of the victim and other local girls were found on his computer.

 

Can you go from zero to murder? Most definitely.

 

There's no way this man was innocent. The weight of evidence (including his own admissions) is simply overwhelming.

[Ridgeway84 10]

I say it is,if justice was carried out the guilty would be found guilty and sentenced.

 

You're right, literally speaking but we'll never get every guilty person inside while they have good barristers. Look at OJ Simpson.

[nightrider 13]

Do miscarriages of justice really happen? Yes they really do.

 

I would be interested to know how often it happens to non-criminals. Often (not always) the people who are the victims of this have a long list of previous convictions, rather than a person who has not caused trouble in the past.

[boyfriday 21]

I would be interested to know how often it happens to non-criminals. Often (not always) the people who are the victims of this have a long list of previous convictions, rather than a person who has not caused trouble in the past.

 

Interesting point, it's probably because the police will have a rolodex of criminals they've encountered who fit a particular offending profile so then seek other clues to see if they fit the features of the crime they're looking at.. it must be relatively easy to create enough doubt over a 'known' suspect's alibi to justify a charge...and away you go. Have to say I'm not talking about police deliberately fitting someone up by fabricating evidence against them.

[kidley 48]

You're right, literally speaking but we'll never get every guilty person inside while they have good barristers. Look at OJ Simpson.

 

I know what you mean Ridgeway, but oj simpson is in jail and has been for a long time, the police in the U.K if they think you have got away with a very serious crime, you will be on there radar for life. Think P.C Blakelock i am sure somebody thought they had got away with that.