Serious_Guy_ t1_jcy0jul wrote on March 20, 2023 at 12:58 PM

Reply to comment by ilikecchiv in British man deported to Jamaica launches action against Home Office | Richard Wallace wrongly classed as Jamaican and deported after serving murder sentence, despite having been born in London by kwentongskyblue

36 years old, no previous convictions, murder weapon never found, pleaded not guilty, appealed, exceptionally good conduct in prison, including charity and educational work, gaining a BSc honours degree, peer tutoring and teaching in prison and a long list of other achievements, only expressed remorse and guilt at the point where not doing so would mean serving years longer before parole/release, the suggestion during trial that someone else may have targeted the victim due to drug dealing from the cafe rather than the alleged perpetrator commiting an opportunistic robbery. I would really like to see the evidence used to convict this guy before I say I don't feel sorry for him, especially as someone who has plead guilty to a crime I didn't commit as part of a pragmatic plea deal to save myself several years in prison.

Effective-Juice t1_jcz38or wrote on March 20, 2023 at 5:33 PM

There's that.

But, also: Fascinated to hear from all these legal experts as to why "being worthy of sympathy" is the basis of whether the law applies to an individual.

I didn't know that a criminal record resulted in a permanent outlaw status or that not being very likable was a basis for denying human rights. This whole time we could have had Andy Dick on a chain gang.