Koki on 26/7/2005 at 10:35
Such a catchy title.
Curunir on 26/7/2005 at 10:41
tot
How about a Bulgarian man who was put in prison in the US for a crime he hadn't commited? 6 years later a black man admitted to the murder.
Just tot
SubJeff on 26/7/2005 at 10:43
What a crazy country :tsktsk:
Vigil on 26/7/2005 at 10:47
I suspect the reason it happened is because as far as the Bulgarian judge was concerned, there was no proof that Graham Sankey (the man who confessed to the murder) wasn't just lying to get a friend off the hook. Especially given that the confession was issued in Great Britain - the fact that he's overseas might be seen to insulate him from prosecution, thus making his confession risk-free. Without any proof of evidence, such a confession is worthless to the judge.
Which is why the advisor said that the best chance for the verdict to be overturned is for Graham Sankey to get prosecuted for the crime in Britain.
SubJeff on 26/7/2005 at 10:59
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I suspect the reason it happened is because as far as the Bulgarian judge was concerned, there was no proof that Graham Sankey (the man who confessed to the murder) wasn't just lying to get a friend off the hook.
Ya think? :nono:
Vigil on 26/7/2005 at 11:35
Well then smartass, what is so crazily fucked up about that? The confession would have been of dubious admissability in Great Britain too. If you don't have anything to say that doesn't fit between a pair of :s, don't say it.
*Zaccheus* on 26/7/2005 at 11:43
If there is reasonable doubt about someone's guilt, then there can be no criminal conviction.
Vigil on 26/7/2005 at 11:50
Aye, but that's if the grounds for reasonable doubt are admissable in court. For instance, a murder trial doesn't grind to a halt when a kook who is known for confessing to any crime they find out about comes into the police station for the 14th time and announces they were the one that did it. Obviously that's not the case here, but I'm saying the judge would have had reasons (probably not fair ones, under the circumstances) for not treating the confession as admissable.
