It hardly needs to be said that the "danger" of contradicting police and prosecutors would not exactly weigh heavily in the deliberations of a British or American jury.
Yeah sure... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
If they won, it would mean that the police were guilty of perjury; that they were guilty of violence and threats; that the confessions were involuntary and improperly admitted in evidence; and that the convictions were erroneous. That would mean that the Home Secretary would have either to recommend that they be pardoned or to remit the case to the Court of Appeal. That was such an appalling vista that every sensible person would say, `It cannot be right that these actions should go any further.'
That was such an appalling vista that every sensible person would say, `It cannot be right that these actions should go any further.'
