Mat said
I already have. You'll have to go back through all the spam to find it. I was asked most recently about the DNA evidence. I believe that it doesn't point anywhere - and certianly won't give you the grounds to appeall. However, I believe that the supporters of LM believe it will and this is because of the interpretation on the official website or because they don't fully understand the evidence.
I believe that maybe you do believe LM is innocent. But that even if you didn't fully believe him you would be involved in the case because you see that there is an area you can cause reasonable doubt in - I also look forward to seeing the submissions you've recently made if they are ever available, I'd enjoy looking at your work
Sorry, I must have missed it - I don't have a lot of time, and often can't check back more than a page or two.
OK, the DNA evidence. You are absolutely correct - it doesn't "point" anywhere, as it currently stands, including at Luke. Grounds for appeal on the DNA, however, are another thing entirely, and that's nothing to do with interpretations on the website, or supporter's understandings. None of the DNA results have ever been checked for accuracy - they have never been verified. Luke had an absolute right to have the nature and manner of instruction, testing, reporting and interpretation checked to ensure that the forensic processes were carried out properly and fairly. That never happened, and the relevant files were "lost" when questions were asked about why legal aid funding for this was never obtained.
The police
investigation highlights flaws too numerous to mention, but it is the effects of those flaws - on Luke's right to a fair trial, on equality of arms by the time it came to trial, on potential disclosure issues, on his rights as a child... all of which have implications for the DNA evidence, as it currently stands... which would give rise to grounds for appeal.
Whether I believe Luke to be innocent is of no consequence, I completely accept that - that is my opinion, but it is an opinion based on literally thousands of pages of documents, dozens of interviews with people - experts, lawyers, media personnel, police officers, individuals who were involved with the case at the time - and a knowledge of how wrongful convictions are obtained. However, from a professional standpoint, the case against Luke was never proven "beyond reasonable doubt" (or anywhere near that standard.) The whole process from
investigation to conviction was so flawed as to make each stage untenable, based on the flaws of the previous stages. Basic guidelines were ignored, rules were broken, prejudicial evidence was allowed to be presented to the jury, even though it in no way supported any of the accusations against Luke, numerous highly questionable processes were nodded through... there are just far too many factors which, if left unchallenged, ultimately damage the justice system itself, and also leave open the possibility of the same thing happening to another innocent person.
I'm not sure what, of the submissions made, I am allowed to make public - as soon as I have checked this out, I will post whatever I can on Luke's website.
