Sister of man wrongly jailed for 17 years over a brutal rape he didn’t commit reveals how she’s wracked with guilt after disowning him when he was convicted
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13485713/Andrew-Malkinson-wrongly-convicted-rape-sister-guilt-disowning.html
Posted by je97
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Let me guess, no consequences for the ones that got it so wrong
Tough one I suppose. Innocent until proven guilty goes a long way, but when you’re actually convicted by a jury of something horrific, it’d be quite difficult to see past it especially as a woman.
Who is going to give the 17 years which he spent in Jail back for something he did not do
What the fuck did they convict him on if there was no DNA evidence and he didn’t match the description that the victim gave?
The extra cruelty of keeping him in jail because he didn’t admit guilt. They’ll be saying just admit it and you can leave. But no, he maintained his innocence so they just piled on the years.
> “He would spend the next 17 years – more than a decade beyond his minimum terms of six-and-a-half years – in prison as he maintained his innocence. “
For background: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongful_conviction_of_Andrew_Malkinson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongful_conviction_of_Andrew_Malkinson)
Lots of state misconduct.
Funny that this sub usually has a very strong ‘lock them up and throw away the key’ vibe. Seeing many of you learn that detectives and jurors make mistakes feels like a special moment.
What gets me is the fact that if he’d done it, he could just admit it and be out of jail in 6 years, but since he didn’t do it he didn’t admit it and ended up sitting there three times as long.
The majority jury system doesn’t help, it was changed in the sixties and is inherently racist.
If you read up on the case he was set up by the police,the two supposed witness had long records that should have been disclosed but was not.
They were also waiting to be charged for a offence that they ended up getting a lenient sentence for.
The victim,and the two dodgy witnesses failed to pick him out at a lineout but after the police had a word they picked him out on the second attempt.
He didn’t match the description of the attacker at all , which didn’t help.
Also finally it was a charity that enabled him to gain his freedom not the CCRC although he has an apology now,so that’s alright.
The CCRC is a joke in it’s current form.
The whole case is tragic. His life got ruined by it.
Not like our police officers to withold information or be corrupt
Okay so the victim gave a different physical description than this man, and there was NO dna linking him to the crime and the police just decided it was him??? And the justice system went yep!
Wtf, this failed both him, the victim and God knows how many other women that could have been targets WTF
sister: i feel bad for disowning my brother and <whispers to nearby friend you said he got 1.2 MILLION right?>
I want to be part of his life now….<sobs a bit more>.
And we can go on holidays together, maybe he could be part of my life by paying off my mortgage and buying me a car so we can drive places together………