Police Corruption
There was a very good programme on BBC Scotland featuring the case of 2 men wrongly convicted in 1995 in Scotland. Mark Daly investigated the case for the BBC and highlighted the way the police investigation was carried out. Evidence was suppressed and vital defence testimonies were altered.....a common factor in any Miscarriage of Justice. What is significant in this case is the fact the Chief of Police in question is now the subject of a corruption inquiry. We can only therefore hope that he will be brought to account and it can then be said that the Scottish system are willing to deal with the terrible problem of police corruption which leads to the nightmare of wrongful conviction. It is only when corrupt police are brought before the courts and the mischief identified and punishment metered out, that hopefully this kind of practice will stop!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/scotland/7314997.stm >
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/scotland/7314997.stm >