Unfit for Purpose

Heartless

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 13th 2013) All He Ever Wanted “All I ever wanted is justice”, says Michael O’Brien, one of the men wrongly convicted of the murder of Cardiff newspaper vendor Phillip Saunders, over 25 years…
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Lessons Ignored

Tragedy Three days before she was due to stand trial accused of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice Eleanor de Freitas committed suicide. Last year she had accused a man1 of rape. The investigating officers believed her, but lacked…
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Unaccountable

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (July 21st 2013) Unjustifiable The Crown Prosecution Service was established over a quarter of a century ago. Among its high profile and spectacular failures is the Lynette White Inquiry. Its Code for Crown Prosecutors…
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A Terrible Missed Opportunity

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (December 27th 2011) Institutional Racism Over 20 months before black aspiring architect Stephen Lawrence was murdered, the Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had the opportunity to save his life, but institutional racism…
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Failure

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (March 24th 2012) Fired Up Two days after Maxwell Confaitʼs body was discovered in April 1972 three fires got the policeʼs attention. They arrested 18-year-old Colin Lattimore. He quickly confessed to setting the fires…
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