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Does it matter if a guilty person gets a fair trial or not?
Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Posted Sep 4, 2007
In the UK especially, we should be particularly cautious in deciding that 'We All Know' that someone is guilty.
Birmingham 6 + Guildford 4 + Maguire 7 + Bridgewater 3 = 20...and I could go on.
Does it matter if a guilty person gets a fair trial or not?
Hoovooloo Posted Sep 4, 2007
And of course the appalling case of Ivan Dobsky, the Meat Safe Murderer...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t26IYZ4FNU0
Does it matter if a guilty person gets a fair trial or not?
Yes, and would you want someone on your jury who claims to know, without doubt, innocence or guilt, right from the start before they've heard all the evidence? 
Does it matter if a guilty person gets a fair trial or not?
McKay The Disorganised Posted Sep 7, 2007
In the case of some of those people - and we could go on to mention the Birmigham Serious Crimes Squad - the people were know to be guilty - though not always with what they were charged with.
Does it matter if a guilty person gets a fair trial or not?
Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Posted Sep 7, 2007
Then gather the evidence and put them on trial for that. Otherwise we end up with people being convicted for looking shifty. Or for acting in a manner likely to be useful for meeting police quotas.
Does it matter if a guilty person gets a fair trial or not?
McKay The Disorganised Posted Sep 7, 2007
That was what I meant
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