When I first heard about the DNA evidence I was surprised but assumed it was definitive. On examination it turns out to be flaky, for a number of reasons. The main one is that such testing was not ev… (View Post)

Foot probably knew more than he could publish. In the end I think he was agnostic on the matter. One thing that is almost universally acknowledged now is that Hanratty should have been acquitted on t… (View Post)

The biggest takeaway for me from the four juries I sat on was that they varied enormously in quality. In fact I came away with the distinct view that if you were a guilty defendant, the stupider the … (View Post)

He probably was, but we will never know. If you are thinking of the DNA evidence, it was deeply flawed but I suspect it will be the last word on the subject. (View Post)

FPT The biggest takeaway for me from the four juries I sat on was that they varied enormously in quality. In fact I came away with the distinct view that if you were a guilty defendant, the stupider … (View Post)