Saturday, November 10, 2007

Was justice done?

How sad is the story of Sally Clark? She, you may remember was the woman who was convicted of killing her two children on the later discredited evidence of an expert witness. Her conviction was overturned and she was released after serving more than three years in prison. Clearly she never came to terms with this, took to drink, and died earlier this year from alcoholic poisoning. The question which arises for me is what support - if any - did she get from the state who had wrongly convicted and imprisoned her following her release? There's a tendency in cases like this to think "Oh, they're out now - that's OK then", and then forget all about them. This case highlights the fact that for many of these people release is just the start of their problems.

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