Tag Archive: LYNETTE WHITE

System Failures

False Impressions The prosecution team in the Lynette White murder trial included two Queens Counsels, led by David Elfer. The other became Mr Justice Roderick Evans. Elfer failed to understand Stephen Miller’s vulnerability and used a confession that was false,…
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The Blame Game

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 16th 2012) Apology In July 2003 history was made. South Wales Police became the first British force in the DNA age to resolve a miscarriage of justice by finding and convicting the real…
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Standards

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 16th 2013) Disbelief The failure to investigate, let alone prosecute in miscarriage of justice cases is striking. Mervyn ‘Tex’ Ritter expressed disbelief that appeal judges believed him after an unsuccessful appeal by the…
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Beyond Doubt

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 11th 2012) The Suspension of Disbelief There is no longer any credible doubt that the Cardiff Five1 are innocent, but they always were. It should not have required the conviction of the real…
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