The appalling miscarriage of justice that has seen Sam Hallam behind bars for involvement in a murder for the last 7 years, looks set to be overturned tomorrow. Sam’s case (see his campaign website here…. – a great campaign website) has been at the appeal courts in London for 2 days, and, to uproar in the Court of Appeal, the prosecution have just announced that they are not going to contest the appeal. Sam is to be released on bail, and his appeal hearing outcome announced tomorrow (16th May 2012). This is a good day for justice for Sam Hallam, his family, supporters, and legal team. However, what is required of course, is scrutiny of what went wrong in this case (police not investigating properly, flawed witness testimony, for starters) and lessons to be learnt so it cannot happen again. Sadly, we may be waiting a lot longer for that to happen.
Here is some great footage of Sam coming out of the Court of Appeal, to be covered in champagne by his two brothers! There are already calls for the pathetic police investigation into this case to be re-opened and for questions to be answered about why this terrible injustice occurred.
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This is welcome news. The evidence in this case apparently was beyond flimsy. And you’re right about his campaign website. It’s very impressive.