-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi
On Saturday 2 November 2013 at 2:36:27 PM, in <mid:[email protected]>, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > They are not practicing guilt by suspicion. They are > practicing, "hey, let's collect as much information as > possible on this crime so that we can find the truly > guilty person." Experiences of people I know, together with footage broadcast on the "reality TV" programmes where TV crews follow real police going about their business, lead me to the conclusion they routinely practice guilt by suspicion/guilt by association. If that approach fails to find somebody the circumstantial evidence doesn't rule out, they will switch to a genuine investigation if the matter is serious enough to warrant the man-hours, or if it affects high-profile individuals. No slur intended on any individual police personnel, just public perception of the police forces' corporate approach. (And for the record, I know many people who have formed a similar impression as well as plenty who have formed a very different impression.) > Police do not determine guilt. Courts determine guilt. > Police are in the business of collecting information. > In a very real sense, police are a domestic > intelligence agency. Unfortunately, police sometimes influence the determination of guilt by being selective in their presentation of information to the courts. In the UK any withholding of evidence by the police has constituted grounds for appeal since R v Fellows in July 1985.[1] [1] The very short quote at <http://www.criminalsolicitor.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5833&PN=1&get=last> is the only reference I can find at the moment. - -- Best regards MFPA mailto:[email protected] The second mouse gets the cheese -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iPQEAQEKAF4FAlJ1IEtXFIAAAAAALgAgaXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3Bl bnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEJBMjM5QjQ2ODFGMUVGOTUxOEU2QkQ0NjQ0 N0VDQTAzAAoJEKipC46tDG5pZtwEAKgF9/mzcsvrFECNNGivhHcu+LEBtZMJMN8C 7ZLuEE//enmKy4OCW34pwJQEtTOQJCaA4UjiscrwE2EP+hSQ3Txgq32kf0uZSYY+ 8ZwenQJoX3hai7sU4j9KVJ/nzFuDiKOpVBP+OXs5z40+Zt1Da2cWXHiUZOC81riQ PeE1jeWu =aTqy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
