Posts | Fitted-In | The quest for justice

Latest Posts

The Unforgiven

Author: Satish Sekar January 7, 2015 2 Comments

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (October 16th 2010) The Toll on the Executioner Nothing deters like capital punishment, right? A comfortable notion that needed to be investigated, so I did. If it works then surely people close to the…
Read more

Capital Idea

Camille Holland, Chief Executioner, Florence Havis, gallows, hangman, John Ellis, Moat House Farm, Samuel Dougal, suicide, suicide attempt, Tom Pierrepoint, William Billington

Tales of Deterrence – Introduction

Author: Satish Sekar January 6, 2015 0 Comments

The Ultimate Deterrent? It is often said that capital punishment is the ultimate deterrent. The Fitted-In Project is not convinced. No matter how harsh the punishment it cannot deter criminals who do not think that they will ever be brought…
Read more

Capital Idea

Britain, capital punishment, Edith Thompson, Ernest Moss, gallows, Gwynne Evans, hanged, John Ellis, John Reginald Halliday Christie, John West, Morocco, Peter Allen, police officer, Ruth Ellis, solicitor, the USA, TIMOTHY EVANS

The Forgotten Victimsʼ Rights

Author: Satish Sekar December 30, 2014 3 Comments

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (December 30th 2014) Referral The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) recently announced that it would investigate the conviction of Jordan Cunliffe. Then just 15 Cunliffe was convicted of the shocking 2007 murder of salesman…
Read more

After-care, Just Tariffs

(Baroness) Helen Newlove, Adam Swellings, ANGELA PSAILA, Code of Practice for Victims, Garry Newlove, JEFFREY GAFOOR, Joint Enterprise, Jordan Cunliffe, LEARNNE VILDAY, Louise Casey, LYNETTE WHITE, MARK GROMMEK, RONNIE ACTIE, Stephen Lawrence, Stephen Sorton, THE CARDIFF FIVE, THE CCRC, THE CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION, Victims' Commissioner, YUSEF ABDULLAHI

Ashley Muench – Editor

Author: Satish Sekar December 30, 2014 0 Comments

Ashley first became involved in social justice in her home state of Kansas, in 2008. Outraged by the justice system, as well as the laws surrounding the death penalty in the United States, she quickly became engaged in anti-death penalty…
Read more

Uncategorized

Knsas Coalition Against the Death Penalty, the FIP, University of St Gallen, Wichita State University

Deterrence – Epic Fail

Author: Satish Sekar December 13, 2014 0 Comments

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (December 13th 2014) Capital Punishment The death penalty is said by its supporters to be the ultimate deterrent. But is it? If anyone should think once, twice and be put off from committing a…
Read more

Articles, Capital Idea

Brooklyn, deterrent, electric chair, executed, Governor Benjamin Odell Jnr, hanged, insanity defence, James Robertson, Mary Ennis, police officer, Sing Sing Prison, William Ennis

“Satish is an experienced and able author and investigative journalist with a long track record in campaigning against miscarriages of justice. He continues acting as a pressure group to alleviate the problems which those wrongfully convicted suffer in the long term, even after they have been vindicated. He is also actively involved in anti-racism initiatives, particularly in football, and seeks to improve racial equality by increasing the sporting opportunities available for disadvantaged gro…

Dave Barclay

Thank you for your comments. -Satish Saker

“Satish is a dedicated investigative journalist who worked hard to investigate the background to the jailing of the Cardiff Three for the 1988 murder of Lynette White. The success of their appeal against their convictions is largely down to his hard work. He wrote the story of this case and his subsequent campaign to have the case reinvestigated in his book ‘Fitted In: The Cardiff Three and the Lynette White Inquiry’. I wanted to write about the forensic aspects of the case in my book Cold…

Liz Porter Sunday AgeAustralia

Thank you for your comments. -Satish Saker