Angry pedestrian who scared cyclist riding

[tintin40]

Not forgetting Colin Stag who had a close call. But thanks to a judge who threw the case out. And the classic police set up of Stefan Kiszko

 

[Carge]

That is one of the best written posts I’ve seen.
I read the wiki on Rab’s case - pretty shocking.
Chapeau sir

 

[al-onestare]

Sad story.

I dont want to take the thread down this hole, but killing another person for whatever reason, is wrong.

Amen to that

 

[tintin40]

 

[Chopper the ex Copper]

There have been 1336 appeals for people wrongly convicted, and while most aren't in the capital crime bracket, which would have received a death sentence, it shows beyond a doubt that the legal system can get it very very wrong.
This of course is the number of successful appeals IN ONE YEAR.

An acquaintance of mine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Brown_case

Had we the death penalty there is no doubt Rab would have received it.
"The three judges presiding over Brown's 2002 appeal heard evidence which, in their summing up, prompted them to describe the arresting officers in Brown's case to be part of a "culture of corruption and a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice" "

So had we the death penalty, those corrupt police officers would have condemned an innocent man to die. There is no doubt in my mind many convictions where police corruption has fabricated the evidence, has led a number of people to be hanged when we did have it.
There is also the higher profile cases like the Guildford 4, Birmingham 6 or the Maguire 7. How many of those do you think would have been executed ?.
All these cases were littered with allegations of torture at the hands of the police.

There can be little doubt that if capital punishment was legal at the time of their trials, these men would have been sentenced to death. Even Lord Denning – one of the most prominent judges of the 20th Century – suggested that the Birmingham Six should have been hanged. And if they had been hanged, they would have joined Derek Bentley and Timothy Evans, among countless others, on the list of innocent people that have been executed in this country. And this is by no means the only late-20th Century case of its kind. Just last month, Shahidul Ahmed was convicted for the murder of Rachel Manning. Ahmed is almost certainly guilty, but his conviction comes 11 years after Manning’s boyfriend was wrongfully convicted for the killing. Barri White not only suffered the loss of his girlfriend, but he also spent six years in prison after being wrongly accused and convicted of her murder.

I think perhaps you missed the tongue in cheek in my post, but bravo for a good effort.

 

[tintin40]

Cycling: Bridgend family 'got no justice' for son's crash death

Tony Jones says it is "a farce" that the man who killed his son was spared jail.

www.bbc.co.uk

I wonder if the Daily Mail & Co will kick off over this miss carriage of juctice?

 

[tintin40]

Auriol Grey: Huntingdon cyclist killer fails in appeal bid

Auriol Grey confronted Celia Ward, who was cycling on a pavement and fell into the path of a car.

www.bbc.co.uk

Well done the judges. Still think 3 yrs too short.

 

[greencat]

This is the right take I think. Just being courteous to others goes a long way - regardless of their mode of transport.

Without knowing the rest of the details of the case, it's hard to say if the judgment was the right one.

 

[tintin40]

These policemen must be related to this woman. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-65642974
I thought it only happened in the USA

 

[Frankenorange]

The really wrong thing is having this accident happen right beside her and it does not stop her from carrying on about her day, to buy some apples and sprouts. Loosing her sh!t and causing the accident is one thing, but what happened next was psycopathic.

I think there are 3 outcomes possible here.....

She gets out in a year, or so.

Fails to get a handle on her temper and gets brained by a prisoner.

Is incredibly disruptive, is proven to be off the rails, and ends up long term in a secure mental facility.

I think it will be the 2nd or 3rd.