[Magdalen] Heather Cook

Jim Guthrie jguthrie at pipeline.com
Sun Jun 7 18:25:29 UTC 2015


From: Roger Stokes

>Indeed, in the principle of justice they are also entitled to appropriate 
>representation.  One of the nig complaints about the criminal justice system in 
>the USA (and I suspect it is heading the same way this side of the pond) is 
>that those who cannot afford good legal representation are treated more harshly 
>than those who can afford it.

True in the United states -- just look at the income levels of those on death 
row vs those who do murder and have money for good lawyers.  Everybody "knows" 
they did it, but the outcomes are very different.

Cheers,
Jim 



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