Wrongful imprisonment?

8,164 days of (but there is no question mark following) wrongful imprisonment.

That is the banner at the top of the website of my childhood friend Jeremy Bamber (http://www.jeremybamber.com/).

Much has been said and written about Jeremy's case, but the prominent fact that sticks up behind the massive tragedy and loss of many human lives is that it is probably the worst case of police bungling yet to be put on record.

The tide seems to be flowing Jeremy's way at the moment, and although the machinery of appeals within the Judiciary moves very slowly, what seems certain is that if Jeremy Bamber is acquitted, the case for damages will break all previous records put together.

If, gentle reader, you would like to know what I think, I shall reply that I side with the Judiciary, and that he was found guilty in 1986. This is the organisation we employ to examine facts and expert opinion, and dispense justice on that basis. Cases of miscarriage of justice are reasonably frequent, but are far, far outweighed by the system working, and although prisoner numbers are regretably high, working well. If he is subsequently released and aquitted, then I am glad for him on a personal level.