SubJeff on 26/7/2005 at 12:16
Quote Posted by Vigil
Well then smartass, what is so crazily fucked up about that?
Nothing. I was agreeing with you shitcocker and giving the :tsktsk: and :nono: to the thread starter. The whole premise of the thread is bs for the reasons you stated.
Rogue Keeper on 26/7/2005 at 12:53
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
Man jailed for 15 years for crime he did not commit
Ok, like if the west had a totally perfect court system and legislature.
Judges make mistakes pretty often.
Innocent people are sentenced to death in the US, what gives?
Human justice is imperfect and really blind.
Convict on 26/7/2005 at 13:37
Quote Posted by *Zaccheus*
Remember the 12h cangaroo courts of past championships
Isn't that how Americans speel?
I think we all want justice to be done but that would require a conviction of Graham Sankey. At least in Eastern Europe the judges sound like they give sentences proportional to the crime - here I'd (cynically?) guess that he'd get half that with less for good behaviour (I wonder why he wants to be tried in Britain).
Sah on 26/7/2005 at 13:38
Internet > ANY judicial system
dj_ivocha on 26/7/2005 at 14:22
Guess that's how hatred based on nationality starts... :erg:
thefonz on 26/7/2005 at 15:42
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
Wow, I didn't think stuff like this happened in this day and age:
what day and age would that be?
:eww:
SD on 26/7/2005 at 15:54
Quote Posted by Vigil
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.
You think someone would do that - put themselves at the risk of a lengthy jail term to get someone else off the hook?
Also, I've heard nothing to suggest that the two men know each other, much less are bosom buddies prepared to take the blame for each other's actions.
The guy who is really responsible for this attack has made his confession because it is known locally that he was responsible, and he's well aware that failure to confess to his crime could lead to a severe beating or (probably) worse at the hands of outraged citizens.
The fact that an innocent man has been jailed also throws into question all the evidence that helped to convict him.
To me, it seems that Bulgarian "justice" cares more about putting someone in jail than it does about putting the right person in jail.
Ulukai on 26/7/2005 at 16:55
Quote Posted by thefonz
what day and age would that be?
The day and age where Liverpool hooligans have to go to Bulgaria to throw bricks because the city is trying to rebrand itself as some sort of culture-center.
Renegen on 26/7/2005 at 17:16
Any bulgarians in the house? Poor brit got caught in jail in another country. It happens in Korea, in Singapore, in China. The title was offensive...
madwolf on 26/7/2005 at 17:41
Quote Posted by Renegen
Any bulgarians in the house?
I strongly suspect Bulgarian_Taffer may be from that area.
Unless he's deliberately set out to mislead us.
EDIT: it's not as if innocent foreign nationals ever get locked up for years and years in the UK is it ?
Birmingham six, Guildford four, Fun Boy three etc....
