freediver wrote on May 27
th, 2008 at 4:43pm:
So nef and Aussie, you want the government to make another apology, this time for the wrong done to a single individual - a wrong that was not supported by legislation, but entirely within the jurisdiction of the legal system?
How far do you expect them to go in finding people to apologise to?
In this case, it is a no brainer.
No contest.
The man and his family have unequivocally been wronged* by the State, and any State worth the title, in such circumstances, ought correct the wrong, and get the cheque book out.
*The guy was killed by the State, FD, and the State stuffed up even in the murder, even though they planned in no-thought detail, and in cold blood.
They murdered what was always an innocent man, and they allowed their victim to suffer for possibly as many as 20 minutes before the 'hanging' was effective.
.....and, where are all the proponents of the death penalty, or am I to assume everyone here agrees that there ought not be State sanctioned pre-meditated murder?