There are many famous miscarriages of justice, and many more less famous. Not from individual or jury errors, but from over reliance on ‘concrete’ evidence or interpretations of evidence....
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Replying to @Cjw450Cathy @C7RKY and
That’s not to say
#BawaGarba is innocent or guilty, just that there is room for doubt from our perspectives as onlookers with only a fraction of the evidence. And there is no justice served by blind faith in authority or any given system1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Cjw450Cathy @jsbamrah and
Ironically, that's the point I've been making throughout - that the lack of evidence doesn't allow for the certainty of injustice which some claim. Hasn't stopped vocal groups from demanding law change on the back of it though.
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Replying to @C7RKY @Cjw450Cathy and
I'm no fan of our CJS, but I believe the courts are the public's only check/balance re doctors that offers a sniff of true independence. I've no personal interest in the GNM charge, I just object to what I see as the open undermining of the courts/jury system - because it suits.
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Not because it suits, more because it frustrates, and frightens honest people into feeling they may fall foul also
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Replying to @Cjw450Cathy @jsbamrah and
I'm not sure how it frustrates, but I can see first hand how it has frightened. However, the risk to doctors has been overblown imho & I've found some of the claims to be opportunistic/inflammatory. Causing the fear in many ways. Did you catch my exchange of letters with Gordon?
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Putting aside own opinions whether reactions justified or overblown, etc, it‘s worth acknowledging that reactions have happened, fear exists. and then ask why- far more complicated and deeper-seated than a single case, and influenced by far more than fear of ‘it could be me’
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Replying to @Cjw450Cathy @C7RKY and
What you have observed is only the public face, the straw that broke the camel’s back- but that was only the latest trigger, behind which lies tonnes of other baggage that has been piled on behind the scene for years
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Replying to @Cjw450Cathy @jsbamrah and
Now that makes far more sense to me. The emotional reaction has been impossible to ignore, so there's no denying it. I just happen to think those behind the scenes backed the wrong poster child for the cause and have allowed the cause to become far too protectionist in its focus.
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Similarly, strong feeling amongst Drs that GMC chose the wrong poster child to challenge their own FTP panel’s decision, big clue why such big reaction to particular case. GMC have enforced a lot of harmful or dubious policies to huge expense financially and to the profession.
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GMC are not my friend, believe me. But in this I think they were right. It wasn't about her, it was about the GNM charge and the effect on public confidence in the medical profession. And I agree with them. I think our confidence remains untested and has been 'assumed' via MPTS.
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On that we will have to disagree, as did the Court of Appeals
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