Johnny Depp has spoken of his friendship with Gerry Conlon, and says of the new biography, In the Name of the Son, by Richard O’Rawe, that it is the “story of a man I loved”. He also says that he would have “taken a bullet” for his friend whom he described as “just like the miscreant, unhinged maniacs I always tended to hang out with”.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/05/johnny-depp-says-he-would-have-taken-a-bullet-for-gerry-conlon
The Independent has today published an article which, whilst dealing with English law, highlights a major weakness in how we do justice in Scotland also. The article, which we publish below, draws attention to the appalling consequences of a failed experiment introduced by section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (with effect from 2005) by the […]
The Telegraph of 11 September carried a shocking story exposing the failure of the criminal justice system in England and Wales to compensate victims of miscarriage of justice. The system in Scotland is scarcely better. Although the tests applied in Scotland are marginally less restrictive, both systems are founded in a piece of legislation, section […]
THOUSANDS OF INNOCENTS SPEND ANOTHER CHRISTMAS IN PRISON: In this season of goodwill spare a thought for the thousands of innocent people across the world who spend another Xmas in prison. Also the thousands of people who have been exonerated, whose lives have been destroyed and who have not received compensation. Say I’m Innocent continues […]