A New Justice System? - Extract from No Smoke
This is an extract from No Smoke – the shocking truth about British Justice.
(Kindly contributed by Sandra Lean, Author of No Smoke)
“Imagine we are asked to vote for a new justice system, with the following rules:
1. The guilty verdict must be as a result of purely circumstantial evidence
2. There must be glaringly obvious “reasonable doubt
3. There must be no DNA / Forensic evidence linking the suspect to the crime
4. the suspect must not have been identified by formal means at or near the crime scene
5. There must be some suggestion of another person or persons being present at or near the crime scene (against whom no charges are being pursued)
6. There must be over-reliance on “expert” testimony, to the detriment of the suspect
7. Crucial, unsubstantiated evidence must have been given by someone with a vested interest in the suspect being convicted
8. There must be serious questions about timescale / ability of the suspect to have been physically possible or carrying out the crime
9. Clothing must be a strong part of the prosecution’s case
10. Character assassination must be a strong part of the prosecution’s evidence
11. There must be evidence of pathologists / forensic scientists selectively interpreting evidence to the prosecution’s own ends
12. The suspect must be seen to have been of previous good character, and have no convictions / psychological conditions
Obviously, no-one with an ounce of sense would agree to such a justice system.
Yet all of the cases highlighted in the book have at least 10 out of the 12 items listed above, as critical features.”
By Sandra Lean
To read more, see No Smoke under “Features”
