St Landrew Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 (edited) A local news story, and nobody could forget this case, as the girl's photo has, over the years, been regularly popping up in related items [see article for photo]. And it appears the bloke, the courts imprisoned, didn't do it after all. Not maybe, not perhaps, not where's there's smoke... The bloke was innocent. Nearly 30 years inside a psychiatric wing on the IOW. He'll probably get at least £500,000 compensation. I'd have my 30 years back. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/18/prisoner-hodgson-murder-quashed-miscarriage EDIT: Also meant to say that it reopens old wounds for the parents. Must be bloody awful. Counting my blessings. Edited 18 March, 2009 by St Landrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Tom Tackle....wasn't that next to The Mayflower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 jesus!!! makes you wonder how many others are innocent too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 jesus!!! makes you wonder how many others are innocent too Thank goodness we don't have capital punishment any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Tom Tackle....wasn't that next to The Mayflower? Yeah, now 'The Encore'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Yeah, now 'The Encore'. I used to drink there regularly as from memory it used to have nice little alcoves where you could get really intimate with your lady without anyone bothering you. I can vaguely remember that happening as they had the big white van outside the pub for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Tbf he did admit to the crime on more than one occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Keith Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 so who really did it? i wonder if its one of the old boys on the main forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benj540 Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 (edited) Thank goodness we don't have capital punishment any more. Why? If we did he would be dead, therefore no-one would keep searching for the truth as it would not matter. And we could have all assumed he was guilty and got on with our lives. However, instead we have crowded prisons full of scum who eat and sleep better than some of the honest, hard working people of this country. I know if I was locked up for 25+ years and then released, it wouldn't be much of a life. No-one will want to employ you, your social skills will be down the pan. Your life will have basically been ruined. People will have moved on and friends would have moved away etc. The system would be better off if, once someone is convicted of a crime worth say 15 years+, they should have up to 5 years to prove otherwise, then should be killed. That would reduce the over crowded prison system and in cases just like this, wouldn't make the justice system appear so useless. This would mean the less of our Tax's, would be used on the scum of the earth and could improve health care and schools or our roads etc. Edited 18 March, 2009 by Benj540 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombletomble Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Why? If we did he would be dead, therefore no-one would keep searching for the truth as it would not matter. And we could have all assumed he was guilty and got on with our lives. However, instead we have crowded prisons full of scum who eat and sleep better than some of the honest, hard working people of this country. I know if I was locked up for 25+ years and then released, it wouldn't be much of a life. No-one will want to employ you, your social skills will be down the pan. Your life will have basically been ruined. People will have moved on and friends would have moved away etc. The system would be better off if, once someone is convicted of a crime worth say 15 years+, they should have up to 5 years to prove otherwise, then should be killed. That would reduce the over crowded prison system and in cases just like this, wouldn't make the justice system appear so useless. This would mean the less of our Tax's, would be used on the scum of the earth and could improve health care and schools or our roads etc. Wow. Some interesting ideas there, Im very glad you don't have a position of power in our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Thank goodness we don't have capital punishment any more. I'm still in favour of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheels Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Thank goodness we don't have capital punishment any more. Given the technology used to prove this man's innocence, we could use that same technology to categorically prove a murderer's guilt and then hang the bastards. It would act as a great deterrent We wouldn't waste money by improsining people for life. Bring it on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocco boxo Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Most of the Old Bill were bent around that time, Fitting up people was all part of the job. £500,000 or 30 years? I think you should get what £500,000 was worth 30 years ago? Now £500,000 would not even buy you a decent League 2 forward. Anyway someone is killing our football club as we speak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Tbf he did admit to the crime on more than one occasion. And the psychiatric reports showed he was a pathological liar suffering from mental illness, and there was absolutely no corroborative evidence whatsoever, other than the fact he has the same blood group as one third of the male population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 18 March, 2009 Author Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Why? If we did he would be dead, therefore no-one would keep searching for the truth as it would not matter. And we could have all assumed he was guilty and got on with our lives. However, instead we have crowded prisons full of scum who eat and sleep better than some of the honest, hard working people of this country. I know if I was locked up for 25+ years and then released, it wouldn't be much of a life. No-one will want to employ you, your social skills will be down the pan. Your life will have basically been ruined. People will have moved on and friends would have moved away etc. The system would be better off if, once someone is convicted of a crime worth say 15 years+, they should have up to 5 years to prove otherwise, then should be killed. That would reduce the over crowded prison system and in cases just like this, wouldn't make the justice system appear so useless. This would mean the less of our Tax's, would be used on the scum of the earth and could improve health care and schools or our roads etc. And just as they lethally inject you, or chop your head off, or hang you, or do whatever it takes to kill you, you protest your innocence for the umpteenth and last time, only to watch the eyes on the onlookers glaze over and feel good about what they are doing. They're ridding the world of another killer. Even though you didn't do it. Perhaps you'd like to burn witches too..? Have some imagination/compassion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 And just as they lethally inject you, or chop your head off, or hang you, or do whatever it takes to kill you, you protest your innocence for the umpteenth and last time, only to watch the eyes on the onlookers glaze over and feel good about what they are doing. They're ridding the world of another killer. Even though you didn't do it. Perhaps you'd like to burn witches too..? Have some imagination/compassion. Or mob lynch, hang, draw and quarter Football Club Chairman like Rupert Lowe, who's been professing his innocense for as long as I can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 18 March, 2009 Author Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Or mob lynch, hang, draw and quarter Football Club Chairman like Rupert Lowe, who's been professing his innocense for as long as I can remember. Well perhaps we can make an exception there. I'm joking, Rupert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benj540 Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 And just as they lethally inject you, or chop your head off, or hang you, or do whatever it takes to kill you, you protest your innocence for the umpteenth and last time, only to watch the eyes on the onlookers glaze over and feel good about what they are doing. They're ridding the world of another killer. Even though you didn't do it. Perhaps you'd like to burn witches too..? Have some imagination/compassion. Upon re-reading my post it was quite harsh, but it does annoy me that some murderers and rapists, just scum. Get 3 meals a day, clean water and a warm place to stay and a bed to sleep on. Some people work there socks off and end up in a tiny little flat with no heating etc. Why don't we all just go outside and stab the next person on the street and get 3 meals a day, a bed and a warm place to stay with no worries what so ever. Thing is there does need to be quite a lot of proof against you, before you are convicted of anything. So still think this capital punishment is a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Yeah Benj, prisons a right laugh. B******* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 I used to drink there regularly as from memory it used to have nice little alcoves where you could get really intimate with your lady without anyone bothering you. I can vaguely remember that happening as they had the big white van outside the pub for a while. Can also remember it well. We played Luton in a friendly a couple of weeks after it happened and the game was abandoned due to fog. We then walked down Hill Lane to the bus station and as we passed the Tom & Tackle we were shtting ourselves as the Fog was swirling around and the 3 or 4 of us schoolboys were adamant we were all going to be lynched by the psycho stalking the streets!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwarwick Posted 18 March, 2009 Share Posted 18 March, 2009 Thank goodness we don't have capital punishment any more. Given the technology used to prove this man's innocence, we could use that same technology to categorically prove a murderer's guilt and then hang the bastards. It would act as a great deterrent We wouldn't waste money by improsining people for life. Bring it on Agreed, technology today would make capital punishment a definate goer imo. It may have been wrong in the past but with the technology available any despicable acts of crime like this one shoild be dealt with in capital punishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 19 March, 2009 Author Share Posted 19 March, 2009 (edited) Upon re-reading my post it was quite harsh, but it does annoy me that some murderers and rapists, just scum. Get 3 meals a day, clean water and a warm place to stay and a bed to sleep on. Some people work there socks off and end up in a tiny little flat with no heating etc. Why don't we all just go outside and stab the next person on the street and get 3 meals a day, a bed and a warm place to stay with no worries what so ever. Thing is there does need to be quite a lot of proof against you, before you are convicted of anything. So still think this capital punishment is a solution. Of course it annoys, and I was with you and understanding you all the way up to the point where you erred on the side of capital punishment. This kind of decision isn't something you can take back. Once a person has died, you can't say... oh sorry, we were wrong, and here's £50,000 to help soften the blow. It's a case of... that's it..! The thing you and I hold most dear, that is to exist, to live, is taken away by a mistake out of our control. That's a heavy weight to bear, and something I wouldn't like to just throw aside as a side issue. And I'm sure you wouldn't either, if you thought of the consequences of your thoughts. Is it worth some caution..? Edited 19 March, 2009 by St Landrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benj540 Posted 19 March, 2009 Share Posted 19 March, 2009 Of course it annoys, and I was with you and understanding you all the way up to the point where you erred on the side of capital punishment. This kind of decision isn't something you can take back. Once a person has died, you can't say... oh sorry, we were wrong, and here's £50,000 to help soften the blow. It's a case of... that's it..! The thing you and I hold most dear, that is to exist, to live, is taken away by a mistake out of our control. That's a heavy weight to bear, and something I wouldn't like to just throw aside as a side issue. And I'm sure you wouldn't either, if you thought of the consequences of your thoughts. Is it worth some caution..? Fair, but if someone is convicted of a crime and there is evidence it was him. Perfect evidence for example CCTV, why not allow capital punishment? You kill someone, you lose your life too. If there is even a slightly grey patch in the evidence then let them live. But if they pleed guilty and there is concrete proof, as mentioned before, like CCTV. Then capital punishment could save money and help with the over crowded prisons. I mean if you kill someone, why should you be allowed to live a life aswell, it might not be a pleasent life in prison but is still alot easier than alot of other peoples lives. Suppose I'm an eye for an eye sort of guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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