by Stella Kaye

Created on: February 18, 2008

HOW THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPRISONS THE INNOCENT - A MODERN DAY WITCH HUNT

Most law-abiding citizens assume that the Criminal Justice System is fair and just and exists to protect the innocent. We put ultimate faith and trust in it. Only when someone close to you suffers a great injustice at the hands of the system - and there is nothing you can do to save them - does the whole system crumble before your eyes and reveal itself as the true shambles it really is. Only then, when someone you love is treated unfairly by the very powers that exist to protect them, do you begin to question the credibility of a system that can imprison an upright citizen with no former convictions, on no concrete evidence whatsoever, purely on the grounds of hearsay and the false evidence of liars. Now where is the justice in that?

This is how, in the U.K. in ten easy stages anyone can be imprisoned indefinitely for crimes that never even happened. One of the Ten Commandments tells us not to bear false witness but nowadays, U.K. citizens are being encouraged to do just that.

It is exactly like the witch hunts of centuries past...

"That woman wears black... she mixes potions and owns a black cat... she must be a witch... burn her!"

But nowadays the scenario goes something like this...

"That man is unmarried... he still lives with his parents and hangs around schools... he must be a paedophile... imprison him!"

1. Accusations are made against you by erstwhile friends who bear a grudge or are purely spiteful and malicious out of jealousy. Perhaps a woman scorned, knowing she can exact vengeance might accuse you of sexual crimes, or a former partner might accuse you of abusing her children. Whatever their reasons, your accusers have nothing to lose, confident that their anonymity is protected, knowing they can even gain compensation for their lies and enjoy the sympathy they will doubtless receive because they will be viewed as your "Victims." They have the law on their side and now have the power to abuse the system.

2. The police, who are not concerned with either truth or innocence are eager for a conviction. Their job is to gather as much evidence as they can to bring the matter to court. The public like to feel safe, confident that the police are doing their job. You become a statistic; nobody cares that an innocent man has been snared in their nets. The Police raid your house gathering anything they deem to be incriminating. They begin to delve deep into your past, discarding everything

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