http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/-t1.htm Articles on cases in the news Wed, 06 May 2009 09:24:51 GMT 10 http://i33.servimg.com/u/f33/12/93/77/53/logo10.jpg http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/-t1.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/justice-on-trial-guardian-series-t371.htm Admin The Guardian reports today that an urgent review hasbeen ordered into criminal convictions where DNA evidence is involvedto discover whether there are long-serving prisoners who are victims ofmiscarriages of justice. Richard Foster, chair of theCriminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), told the paper he believesthere are as many wrongly convicted people in prison now as there werein the 1970s and 80s. As part of a new series, Justice onTrial, the Guardian carries a report on an analysis ... News Articles Wed, 06 May 2009 09:24:51 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/justice-on-trial-guardian-series-t371.htm#506 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/justice-on-trial-guardian-series-t371.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/fury-at-missing-id-parade-reports-t368.htm Admin http://justiceforwulliebeck.webs.com/missingdocumentsstory.htm

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Thanks to Craig Robertson for highlighting this case more. We need more Craigs in this world.]]> News Articles Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:36:25 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/fury-at-missing-id-parade-reports-t368.htm#503 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/fury-at-missing-id-parade-reports-t368.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/wullie-beck-still-fighting-to-clear-his-name-t365.htm Admin


]]> News Articles Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:34:47 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/wullie-beck-still-fighting-to-clear-his-name-t365.htm#500 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/wullie-beck-still-fighting-to-clear-his-name-t365.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/convicted-galston-murderer-s-appeal-rejected-t334.htm Admin Oct 31 2008 CONVICTED murderer Brendan Dixon has lost his latest court appeal. Dixon, serving a life sentence for the killing of Galston pensioner Margaret Irvine, had taken his case to the judicial committee of the Privy Council – the highest court in the UK – in a bid to force the prosecuting authorities to release all witness statements relating to the 2003 murder of 91-year-old Mrs Irvine. But the committee rejected the appeal, with Lord Hope of Craighead ruling that “a reasonable ... News Articles Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:07:55 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/convicted-galston-murderer-s-appeal-rejected-t334.htm#439 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/convicted-galston-murderer-s-appeal-rejected-t334.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/judges-blunder-may-free-killer-t363.htm Admin By Graham McKendry and James Mulholland, 07/02/2009 A CALLOUS killer who murdered an innocent partygoer could soon be back on the streets due to a legal blunder. Vile drug addict John Hopkinson left Allan Lennox to bleed to death in an alleyway after robbing him at knife-point to get money for drugs. He and twisted sidekick Amy Stewart, 24, were given life at the High Court in Edinburgh in February 2004 for murdering the 21-year-old electician. But due to a mistake ... News Articles Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:54:05 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/judges-blunder-may-free-killer-t363.htm#497 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/judges-blunder-may-free-killer-t363.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/man-fails-to-win-compensation-for-14-years-in-prison-t362.htm Admin Man fails to win compensation for 14 years in prison By Jan Colley, Press Association Wednesday, 4 February 2009 A former aircraft engineer who spent 14 years behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit today failed in his latest bid to win compensation. Andrew Adams, 37, from Chapel Park, Newcastle, had his conviction quashed in January 2007 after it was referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. He was 23 when he was found guilty ... News Articles Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:48:02 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/man-fails-to-win-compensation-for-14-years-in-prison-t362.htm#496 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/man-fails-to-win-compensation-for-14-years-in-prison-t362.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/pair-jailed-for-pensioner-robbery-t356.htm Anonymous Two robbers who attacked a widowed pensioner in her Ayrshire home have been jailed for a total of more than 13 years at the High Court in Edinburgh. Michael Queen, 36, was convicted of assault and robbery on 77-year-old Mary Fraser after forcing his way into her home in Irvine in September last year. Douglas McMillan, 47, had earlier admitted the same charges. Queen was jailed for seven years, while McMillan received six years and three months for his involvement. The ... News Articles Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:21:29 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/pair-jailed-for-pensioner-robbery-t356.htm#474 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/pair-jailed-for-pensioner-robbery-t356.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/kenny-richey-in-court-over-assault-case-t355.htm Admin Kenny Richey has appeared in court charged with severely injuring another man in Edinburgh. The 44-year-old is accused of assaulting Robert McCall, 63, at a flat in the capital last July. On Tuesday, Mr Richey denied all four charges against him when he appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh before Lord Brodie for a preliminary hearing. Mr Richey is alleged, whilst acting with someone else, to have assaulted Mr McCall at the flat. He is accused of demanding money, threatening ... News Articles Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:22:04 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/kenny-richey-in-court-over-assault-case-t355.htm#473 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/kenny-richey-in-court-over-assault-case-t355.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/out-of-control-t349.htm Admin A SACKED prison guard at Scotland’s newest private jail last night branded it a cushy refuge where out-of-control lags run the show. We told last week how Paula Gardner, 36, was axed from £65million Addiewell Prison in West Lothian for a minor conviction 20 years ago. Now Paula has claimed cocky cons are brazenly smoking HEROIN and using banned mobile phones in their plush en-suite cells as under-trained staff struggle to keep order. Assaulted And she told how one lag hurled ... News Articles Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:36:31 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/out-of-control-t349.htm#464 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/out-of-control-t349.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/justice-for-megrahi-t344.htm Admin The father of a Lockerbie bombing victim has launched a bid to free the man convicted of carrying it out. Dr Jim Swire - who lost his daughter Flora in the 1988 atrocity - is backing the Justice for Megrahi campaign. Supporters want Abdelbaset al-Megrahi to be released from jail on compassionate grounds after it emerged he was suffering from prostate cancer. An application for the Libyan's interim liberation was turned down by the Appeal Court in Edinburgh last month. 'Common ... News Articles Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:36:50 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/justice-for-megrahi-t344.htm#455 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/justice-for-megrahi-t344.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/justice-must-be-seen-to-be-done-t341.htm Anonymous Should a senior figure from the prosecution community really head the Criminal Cases Review Commission? The appointment of Richard Foster as the new chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has greatly disturbed those involved in overturning wrongful convictions. It is an age-old adage that justice not only has to be done; it has to be seen to be done for the public to have faith in its functioning. In the same way, it is felt that the body that was set up to investigate ... News Articles Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:54:47 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/justice-must-be-seen-to-be-done-t341.htm#452 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/justice-must-be-seen-to-be-done-t341.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/bail-bid-for-lockerbie-bomber-t336.htm Admin LOCKERBIE, Scotland (AFP) — Lawyers will appear before a Scottish court on Thursday seeking the release of the Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing on bail. The hearing has been scheduled after a lawyer for Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet Al-Megrahi, 56 -- behind bars for downing a transatlantic airliner over Scotland in 1988 killing 270 people -- said Al-Megrahi has advanced prostate cancer. The Crown Office, which handles prosecutions in Scotland, confirmed the hearing but made ... News Articles Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:36:30 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/bail-bid-for-lockerbie-bomber-t336.htm#441 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/bail-bid-for-lockerbie-bomber-t336.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/big-wullie-makes-front-page-of-daily-mail-t332.htm Admin ]]> News Articles Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:18:34 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/big-wullie-makes-front-page-of-daily-mail-t332.htm#435 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/big-wullie-makes-front-page-of-daily-mail-t332.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/faster-appeal-urged-for-cancer-victim-megrahi-t317.htm Admin Calls were made yesterday for the Lockerbie bomber's appeal to be speeded up after it emerged that he is battling "advanced-stage" cancer. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi has been diagnosed with prostate cancer after hospital tests and the disease has spread to other parts of his body, said his solicitor, Tony Kelly. The former Libyan intelligence agent, now 56, was taken under tight security from Greenock Prison last month to nearby Inverclyde Royal Hospital where it is ... News Articles Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:11:16 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/faster-appeal-urged-for-cancer-victim-megrahi-t317.htm#420 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/faster-appeal-urged-for-cancer-victim-megrahi-t317.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/probed-lawyer-quits-after-clients-lost-300000-t313.htm Admin Probed lawyer 'quits' after clients lost £300,000 Oct 19 2008 By Charles Lavery A LAWYER being probed after buyers lost up to £300,000 on their dream homes is retiring aged 48. Tony Murphy's firm, A.D. Murphy & Co, has shut down and phone calls from clients are unanswered. One source said: "He has been walking about with a spring in his step, telling everyone he has retired." The Sunday Mail revealed in January that 29 homebuyers had each lost £10,000 after ... News Articles Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:48:58 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/probed-lawyer-quits-after-clients-lost-300000-t313.htm#416 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/probed-lawyer-quits-after-clients-lost-300000-t313.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/have-a-go-hero-stephen-armstrong-moves-closer-to-freedom-t312.htm Admin Have-a-go-hero Stephen Armstrong moves closer to freedom Oct 19 2008 By Grace Macaskill JAILED hero dad Stephen Armstrong has been given a date for his appeal. He could be reunited with wife Dot and his eight children in time for Christmas he is successful. Stephen, 47, was caged in February for nearly four years for standing up to a thug who was terrorising his neighbourhood. He knocked down Stewart McDonald, 23, with his van after being threatened with a knife in front ... News Articles Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:48:00 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/have-a-go-hero-stephen-armstrong-moves-closer-to-freedom-t312.htm#415 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/have-a-go-hero-stephen-armstrong-moves-closer-to-freedom-t312.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/iraq-war-hero-jailed-for-life-for-1994-shetland-race-murder-t311.htm Admin A decorated Iraq war veteran who shot dead a Bangladeshi waiter in front of diners as a teenager 14 years ago has been jailed for life. Michael Ross, 30, was 15 years old when he burst into a restaurant on Orkney wearing a balaclava, shot Shamsuddin Mahmood in the face and fled. Police found no scientific proof nor the gun that was used. The Black Watch soldier remained stoney-faced in the dock as he was told by judge Lord Hardie he must spend a minimum of 25 years behind ... News Articles Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:30:43 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/iraq-war-hero-jailed-for-life-for-1994-shetland-race-murder-t311.htm#414 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/iraq-war-hero-jailed-for-life-for-1994-shetland-race-murder-t311.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/father-speaks-in-defence-of-son-t310.htm Admin Murderer Michael Ross's ex-policeman father has spoken out in defence of his jailed son. Eddie Ross, 57, was a serving police officer at the time of the killing, and was later jailed for four years for trying to defeat the ends of justice. He said of the case: "No-one in our family believed he was responsible for what he was accused of. "I was not only surprised but quite horrified based on what information had gone on through the trial." He explained: "Based ... News Articles Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:28:39 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/father-speaks-in-defence-of-son-t310.htm#413 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/father-speaks-in-defence-of-son-t310.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/legal-victory-over-appeal-for-megrahi-t307.htm Admin October 16 2008 The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing won a legal victory yesterday in the latest stage of his long- running bid to have his conviction overturned. Appeal judges in Edinburgh ruled that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi should be allowed to put forward an unlimited list of objections to the trial which led to his life sentence. They rejected the Crown's view that it would be "absurd", "illogical" and incompetent in law for Megrahi to be granted ... News Articles Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:14:42 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/legal-victory-over-appeal-for-megrahi-t307.htm#410 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/legal-victory-over-appeal-for-megrahi-t307.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/police-broke-law-by-chasing-suspect-into-home-t300.htm Admin Published Date: 02 October 2008 By BRIAN FERGUSON A MAJOR review of how police search residential homes is set to be ordered after a woman found guilty of obstructing police in "hot pursuit" of a suspected vandal had her conviction overturned. Appeal Court judges ruled that two Grampian Police officers had no right to enter and search Jacqueline Gillies's home without a warrant when they spotted the man they sought inside her flat as she tried to close the door. Chief ... News Articles Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:48:30 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/police-broke-law-by-chasing-suspect-into-home-t300.htm#399 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/police-broke-law-by-chasing-suspect-into-home-t300.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/is-british-system-the-right-response-to-wrongful-convictions-t306.htm Admin Two reports this week have commended the U.K.'s independent body that swiftly investigates claims of possible miscarriages of justice KIRK MAKIN JUSTICE REPORTER October 4, 2008 WINDSOR, ONT. -- Twenty years and a half-dozen judicial inquiries later, it is the recommendation the federal government just will not touch. It's the idea of creating an independent agency to investigate claims of wrongful conviction, say critics of Canada's record for investigating such cases ... News Articles Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:43:46 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/is-british-system-the-right-response-to-wrongful-convictions-t306.htm#406 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/is-british-system-the-right-response-to-wrongful-convictions-t306.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/miscarriage-of-justice-that-is-all-too-easy-to-identify-t295.htm Admin Brian Reade 25/09/2008 Britain loves nothing better than proving its legal system is the best in the world, especially when a foreign national is involved. It's why a £2million inquest has just opened into the death of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes who was killed by London police in July 2005. Which is fine by me. But why can't we devote the same resources to finding justice for our own? Four days after de Menezes was killed, Michael Shields was the victim of an equally ... News Articles Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:17:34 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/miscarriage-of-justice-that-is-all-too-easy-to-identify-t295.htm#391 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/miscarriage-of-justice-that-is-all-too-easy-to-identify-t295.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/mi6-s-terror-snaps-on-ebay-camera-t294.htm Admin 9:54am today The Foreign Office has confirmed that police are investigating the sale of a digital camera on eBay said to have contained MI6 images of terror suspects. A bidder, who bought the camera for £17 on the auction website, discovered photos of terror suspects, their names and fingerprints and even snaps of rocket launchers and missiles, The Sun newspaper reported. The unsuspecting 28-year-old from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, only found the secret images when he downloaded ... News Articles Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:14:40 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/mi6-s-terror-snaps-on-ebay-camera-t294.htm#390 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/mi6-s-terror-snaps-on-ebay-camera-t294.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/i-m-too-sick-for-the-nick-t293.htm Admin By PAUL THORNTON Published: Today FORMER Bay City Rollers manager Tam Paton was released on bail yesterday — because he’s too ill for jail. Paton, 70 — who has suffered two heart attacks and a stroke in the past — had been in custody for more than a week on drug charges. He was originally denied bail after his arrest 11 days ago but was allowed home yesterday after a private hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. His solicitor Frank Moore appealed the original bail refusal ... News Articles Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:13:13 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/i-m-too-sick-for-the-nick-t293.htm#389 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/i-m-too-sick-for-the-nick-t293.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/jail-chief-to-warn-msps-t292.htm Admin SCOTLAND’S jails are so full they now pose a security risk, MSPs will be warned today. A Scottish Prison Service report to Holyrood’s Justice Committee says staff face “unacceptable” dangers since recommended inmate numbers were exceeded. It highlights fears that riots could erupt as competition for “resources” among inmates causes tensions to rise. And last night prison officers’ leaders spoke of “grave concerns” for the safety of their colleagues. SPS chief executive Mike ... News Articles Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:11:15 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/jail-chief-to-warn-msps-t292.htm#388 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/jail-chief-to-warn-msps-t292.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/suitcase-murder-appeal-rejected-t291.htm Admin A man jailed for killing a friend and putting his body in a suitcase before dumping it in a river has failed in a bid to have his trial ruled unfair. Kevin Gibson, 28, was convicted in 2004 of the murder of Timothy Wallace, 24, from Galashiels, at a homeless hostel in Edinburgh. Gibson argued he had suffered a miscarriage of justice as a result of his QC leaving the case. However, the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh has rejected his claims. Appeal judges were told that ... News Articles Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:12:09 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/suitcase-murder-appeal-rejected-t291.htm#387 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/suitcase-murder-appeal-rejected-t291.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/800-police-arrested-for-serious-crimes-t290.htm Admin Rowan Walker, The Observer, Sunday September 28 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/28/police.ukcrime More than 800 police officers across England and Wales have been arrested in the past two years for a range of offences, including assault, drink-driving, rape, paedophilia, fraud, drugs charges and child cruelty. The number represents a tiny percentage of serving officers, but the range of offences will surprise many. Documents obtained from 29 of the 43 forces in England ... News Articles Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:19:25 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/800-police-arrested-for-serious-crimes-t290.htm#386 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/800-police-arrested-for-serious-crimes-t290.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/50-nights-sleeping-rough-for-justice-corrupt-cyprus-t288.htm Admin ]]> News Articles Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:49:46 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/50-nights-sleeping-rough-for-justice-corrupt-cyprus-t288.htm#384 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/50-nights-sleeping-rough-for-justice-corrupt-cyprus-t288.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/it-s-better-that-10-guilty-men-go-free-than-one-innocent-man-be-wrongly-convicted-t286.htm Admin Judges should order more retrials over unsafe convictions, says criminal review chief By Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, The Independent, Saturday, 27 September 2008 The country's top appeal judges are failing to correct miscarriages of justice where they suspect the jury has come to a wrong verdict, the head of the body charged with investigating wrongful convictions has warned. Professor Graham Zellick, the outgoing chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), said the ... News Articles Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:16:26 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/it-s-better-that-10-guilty-men-go-free-than-one-innocent-man-be-wrongly-convicted-t286.htm#382 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/it-s-better-that-10-guilty-men-go-free-than-one-innocent-man-be-wrongly-convicted-t286.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/detectives-steve-stechschulte-and-roy-sargent-send-kenny-richey-a-card-from-putnam-t285.htm Admin GLOATING US cops who nicked former Death Row Scot Kenny Richey more than 20 years ago sent him a cheeky greetings card in jail - taunting: "Are you still smiling?" Detectives Steve Stechschulte and Roy Sargent typed the jibe on an old newspaper photo of the beaming con - and posted it to his cell at Saughton nick, where he's on remand on an assault charge. The delivery from the cops who arrested him over the 1986 murder of Cynthia Collins included a ‘Thank ... News Articles Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:14:06 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/detectives-steve-stechschulte-and-roy-sargent-send-kenny-richey-a-card-from-putnam-t285.htm#381 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/detectives-steve-stechschulte-and-roy-sargent-send-kenny-richey-a-card-from-putnam-t285.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/is-this-the-most-expensive-hospital-trip-t278.htm Admin In Scotland's Prison history?

Surely Mr Megrahi could have gone to hospital with a little less fuss than this? All of this for ONE man. Unbelievable!!

Surely this money could be better spent to help fight injustices.

]]> News Articles Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:37:43 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/is-this-the-most-expensive-hospital-trip-t278.htm#371 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/is-this-the-most-expensive-hospital-trip-t278.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/join-the-silent-walk-for-justice-t277.htm Guje Dear All of You. Join the “Silent Walk for Justice” People are innocently put to jail, while the criminals walk free. Families are fighting for years and years to get crimes that were committed to their loved ones investigated, but in vain. There are victims of crimes that are not compensated and cared for. People are robbed by the council, of the Common Good Land that was donated to them ages ago. There are violence against women and sexual abuse against children, lawyers cheating ... News Articles Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:08:23 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/join-the-silent-walk-for-justice-t277.htm#370 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/join-the-silent-walk-for-justice-t277.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/longest-serving-us-death-row-prisoner-dies-despite-pleas-from-british-lawyers-t269.htm Admin Jack Alderman executed after 33 years on the day his final application for clemency is turned down. By Joshua Rozenberg Last Updated: 10:00AM BST 17 Sep 2008 Jack Alderman, 57, a convicted murderer who spent more than 33 years on death row, was put to death in Georgia shortly after 1.00 am British time on Wednesday. The Associated Press news agency reported that he remained calm during the 14-minute lethal injection process, having declined a sedative. He had barely touched ... News Articles Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:34:03 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/longest-serving-us-death-row-prisoner-dies-despite-pleas-from-british-lawyers-t269.htm#362 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/longest-serving-us-death-row-prisoner-dies-despite-pleas-from-british-lawyers-t269.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/stop-rape-petition-t268.htm Admin http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/article288948.ece

PLEASE READ THIS ARTICLE AND SIGN THE PETITION ON IT.]]> News Articles Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:02:08 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/stop-rape-petition-t268.htm#361 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/stop-rape-petition-t268.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/bitter-freedom-by-donal-macintyre-t265.htm Admin The release of any wrongly imprisoned person is, at first, good reason to rejoice. But sometimes life on the outside is too hard to bear. "I spent a lifetime in jail for a murder I never committed," he said. These were among the final words of Stuart Gair, aged 44. A heart monitor pronounced him dead on the worn sitting-room carpet where he lay. The noise from the defibrillator blew the tolerances of the radio transmitter recording the last minutes of a man who had died, in ... News Articles Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:25:59 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/bitter-freedom-by-donal-macintyre-t265.htm#358 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/bitter-freedom-by-donal-macintyre-t265.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/convicted-robber-wins-appeal-over-his-trials-failures-t263.htm Admin A convicted robber has had his case referred to the High Court of Appeal because of failures in the collection and disclosure of evidence at his trial. The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission referred the case of James Kinsella, convicted of holding a disabled pensioner at knifepoint during a post office raid, over concerns that it may have been a miscarriage of justice. Kinsella was jailed for nine-and-a-half years at the High Court in Edinburgh in July 2005. He received four ... News Articles Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:22:09 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/convicted-robber-wins-appeal-over-his-trials-failures-t263.htm#356 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/convicted-robber-wins-appeal-over-his-trials-failures-t263.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/news-sites-t262.htm Admin http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4338558.stm]]> News Articles Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:22:49 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/news-sites-t262.htm#352 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/news-sites-t262.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/dna-find-sparks-bid-to-clear-convicted-sex-killer-s-name-t259.htm Admin Published Date: 28 July 2008 By ALAN McEWEN A MAN convicted of raping and murdering his ex-wife in Edinburgh 20 years ago is mounting a bid to clear his name following the rediscovery of forensic evidence. John Robertson was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of raping and killing Selina Parkinson at her flat in Wester Hailes in 1988. The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) re-opened his case four years ago, but was told by lab experts from Lothian ... News Articles Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:09:07 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/dna-find-sparks-bid-to-clear-convicted-sex-killer-s-name-t259.htm#349 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/dna-find-sparks-bid-to-clear-convicted-sex-killer-s-name-t259.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/dna-test-could-free-convicted-murderer-t258.htm Admin By ALAN McEWEN THE case against a man convicted of raping and murdering his ex-wife in Edinburgh 20 years ago is to be re-opened. The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) has accepted an application by John Robertson to have his conviction reviewed following the rediscovery of forensic evidence. Robertson, known as Jocky, was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of raping and killing Selina Parkinson at her flat in Wester Hailes in 1988. The SCCRC is ... News Articles Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:06:24 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/dna-test-could-free-convicted-murderer-t258.htm#348 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/dna-test-could-free-convicted-murderer-t258.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/shamed-former-boxer-scott-harrison-launches-appeal-against-drink-drive-sentence-t256.htm Admin FORMER boxer Scott Harrison is appealing against his four-month jail sentence for drink-driving. His lawyer Phil McWilliams lodged an appeal at Glasgow Sheriff Court earlier this week. The 31-year-old is serving 10 months in prison - four of which are for the driving offence. Last week, Harrison was sentenced to two months for attacking his girlfriend Stacy Gardner and PC Scott Ventesei. On the same day, he got four months for drink-driving and two for breaching a bail curfew. And ... News Articles Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:13:42 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/shamed-former-boxer-scott-harrison-launches-appeal-against-drink-drive-sentence-t256.htm#345 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/shamed-former-boxer-scott-harrison-launches-appeal-against-drink-drive-sentence-t256.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/i-ll-clear-my-name-after-35-years-t254.htm Admin A MAN caged for life over the savage murder of a typist 35 years ago returned to court yesterday in a bid to clear his name. George Beattie spent 15 years in jail after being convicted of stabbing 23-year-old Margaret McLaughlin to death in Carluke, Lanarkshire, in July 1973. Beattie, then 19, claimed men wearing top hats with mirrors like glam rock band Slade killed Margaret and forced him to watch. A jury took just 35 minutes to convict him. But Beattie, 54, claims his trial ... News Articles Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:44:38 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/i-ll-clear-my-name-after-35-years-t254.htm#343 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/i-ll-clear-my-name-after-35-years-t254.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/man-appeals-70s-murder-conviction-t253.htm Admin A man who was jailed for life for murdering a woman in North Lanarkshire 35 years ago has taken his case to the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh. George Beattie was 19 when he was convicted of stabbing 23-year-old typist Margaret McLaughlin in woods near Carluke in 1973. Beattie served 15 years of his sentence before being released on parole. He lost an appeal in 1994. This latest attempt was referred by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. The jury at Beattie's ... News Articles Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:19:22 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/man-appeals-70s-murder-conviction-t253.htm#342 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/man-appeals-70s-murder-conviction-t253.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/overcrowding-warnings-as-barlinnie-hits-record-levels-t251.htm Admin Overcrowding at Barlinnie has hit an all-time high and is approaching almost double its design capacity. The design capacity for the Glasgow prison is for 1018 inmates, but the latest total was 1718, the highest in its 126-year history. It has risen from 1600 since July and accounts for a large proportion of the Scottish record total of 8013, which was recorded on August 25. The statistic is revealed today after Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill yesterday urged critics of reform ... News Articles Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:33:27 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/overcrowding-warnings-as-barlinnie-hits-record-levels-t251.htm#337 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/overcrowding-warnings-as-barlinnie-hits-record-levels-t251.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/serving-time-how-much-is-it-worth-t227.htm Admin Grania Langdon-Down How much compensation should be paid to someone whose life is blighted after being wrongly accused or even convicted and jailed for murder? Colin Stagg, who suffered years of abuse after being wrongly arrested and prosecuted for the murder of the model Rachel Nickell, was controversially awarded £706,000 last month. Whatever one’s view of the figure (the prosecution case against Stagg was thrown out and he was never convicted) — he is one of the last miscarriage-of-justice ... News Articles Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:17:00 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/serving-time-how-much-is-it-worth-t227.htm#302 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/serving-time-how-much-is-it-worth-t227.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/significant-progress-of-fingerprint-service-is-highlighted-t226.htm Admin International experts yesterday reported "significant progress" by the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) in driving forward its fingerprint services. The Fingerprint Action Plan for Excellence was launched two years ago to take stock of progress made in recent years and consider further action needed to ensure its integration with the new SPSA Forensic Services - an objective achieved in April 2007. Former police officer Shirley McKie was wrongly accused of leaving ... News Articles Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:11:17 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/significant-progress-of-fingerprint-service-is-highlighted-t226.htm#301 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/significant-progress-of-fingerprint-service-is-highlighted-t226.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/english-dna-database-wrong-for-scots-t225.htm Admin Scotland should not follow the lead of its southern neighbour - because DNA may prove to be fallible after all Gillian Bowditch Like the monarchy or the sex industry, the criminal justice system is best viewed at a distance, preferably by an idealist wearing rose-tinted lenses. The high principles on which it professes to base itself often bear little relation to the grubby goings-on behind the scenes. Every man is innocent . . . until persuaded by his lawyer to plead guilty at ... News Articles Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:09:58 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/english-dna-database-wrong-for-scots-t225.htm#300 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/english-dna-database-wrong-for-scots-t225.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/lockerbie-bomber-declares-innocence-on-tv-from-prison-t224.htm Admin Published Date: 07 September 2008 By Hazel Mollison THE man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has expressed "sympathy" for the "pain" of the 270 victims and protested his innocence in a secret telephone call to a TV station from his prison cell, it was reported today. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Libyan serving a life sentence for the 1988 bombing, spoke to the Arab TV network Al Jazeera from a telephone inside Greenock Prison. The interview, in Arabic, ... News Articles Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:04:30 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/lockerbie-bomber-declares-innocence-on-tv-from-prison-t224.htm#299 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/lockerbie-bomber-declares-innocence-on-tv-from-prison-t224.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/concern-as-young-lawyers-abandon-criminal-practice-t222.htm Admin Lord Rodger’s nephew one of many to quit By John Bynorth, Home Affairs Editor A NEPHEW of one of the country's most senior judges has criticised recent government changes aimed at easing the pressure on Scotland's busy court system after quitting his job as a criminal defence lawyer. Alan Rodger, 33, was keen to follow the distinguished career of his uncle Lord Rodger of Earlsferry. Lord Rodger is a law lord in the House of Lords and was previously Scotland's lord president ... News Articles Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:56:44 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/concern-as-young-lawyers-abandon-criminal-practice-t222.htm#297 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/concern-as-young-lawyers-abandon-criminal-practice-t222.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/man-wrongfully-jailed-passes-lie-detector-check-t104.htm Admin Sep 2 2008 by Martin Shipton, South Wales Echo A CARDIFF man who served 11 years in prison for a crime he did not commit has passed a lie detector test. Michael O’Brien, who was wrongfully convicted with Darren Hall and Ellis Sherwood for the 1987 murder of Cardiff newsagent Phillip Saunders, said he had taken the test because of the refusal of South Wales Police to give him an apology. The Court of Appeal quashed the three men’s convictions after judges found serious flaws in ... News Articles Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:22:23 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/man-wrongfully-jailed-passes-lie-detector-check-t104.htm#129 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/man-wrongfully-jailed-passes-lie-detector-check-t104.htm http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/barry-george-is-just-trying-to-get-on-with-his-life-t103.htm Admin Published Date: 02 September 2008 By Elise Brewerton Sion Jenkins has confirmed he has struck up a friendship with Barry George, the man cleared of murdering Jill Dando. Newspaper reports at the weekend claimed that Southsea resident Mr Jenkins, who himself was cleared of killing his foster daughter after spending years in jail for her murder, had taken in Mr George as his house guest. But speaking to The News Mr Jenkins denied that Mr George, cleared of murdering the popular BBC ... News Articles Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:20:07 GMT http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/barry-george-is-just-trying-to-get-on-with-his-life-t103.htm#128 http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com/news-articles-f11/barry-george-is-just-trying-to-get-on-with-his-life-t103.htm