|
"The victor’s are not those who can inflict the most, but those who can suffer the most" Justice for Jake & Keith Mawhinney Trying to overturn a guilty verdict in this country even with everyone realizing it is unjust, becomes a nightmare, it is a battle that seems to go on forever, It is mainly due to the fact that those involved in the judicial system would rather ignore what goes on than try to change it. However as each day passes our resolve grows stronger-in the knowledge that we are fighting for what is right and just and eventually we will succeed in bringing changes. At present we can rest in the knowledge that our conscience is clear, as we are the ones being victimised. The victor’s are not those who can inflict the most, but those who can suffer the most. A saying that has became become very true. I would like to wish everyone involved in the fight for Justice a Happy New Year. Perhaps in 2003 this farce that they call a justice system at some point will be reviewed so that drug dealers and convicted-prisoners cannot be presented by the crown as reliable prosecution witnesses. They say that the courts are all in favour of the defendants obviously the person or persons who made those remarks never sat through a trial in England. Of course if anyone has been the victim of a crime their first reaction is to want revenge, but revenge at what cost? 'When innocent people are incarcerated for years and years, their lives and the lives of their families destroyed. Can you imagine if your were on trial and tried to call a convicted prisoner to give evidence on your behalf, or a self confessed drug dealer, who had been offered massive inducements to do the same. Not only would the judge point out how unreliable your witnesses were fie would probably order you face charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Justice must be a double edged sword, 'Yet the prosecution can do what they like in a trial and use these type of witnesses to send men and women to prison for life. It has now become the case that the public are being whipped up into having a lynch mod mentality by politicians who are in search of votes. Everyone wants to know that they and their families are safe, that they can leave their homes without the fear that when they return their property has not been ransacked and their belongings stolen, I believe it would be everyone's wish to round up everyone responsible for these crimes. It "is a natural reaction to want to punish those responsible, "revenge " But what most right thinking people don't want is when the police decide they are a law onto themselves and use any means to obtain a conviction, it then becomes much easier for them than rather to look for evidence that may lead to those responsible they rely on witnesses they can coheres or induce into fabricating evidence. They the police can do this safe in the knowledge that if they are discovered the severest penalty will be a warning not to do the same thing again. They know that what that warning really means, is if you are fabricating evidence don't get found out. The mistake a lot of people make is living with the belief, "It won't ever happen to me, I don't break the law" Unfortunately neither did a lot of us but we have been incarcerated for years and continue to fight to prove we didn't do anything either, it is a difficult struggle unless we can show people that it can happen to you, or someone close to you. When it does you then wonder why no one will listen, you keep trying to tell anyone who will listen "I'm innocent" but no one wants to know. It then becomes a living nightmare for you, sitting watching your life pass by, your family being dragged down by the pressures of coping without you, you watch the hardship they suffer each day and you begin to believe that there will be no end to this. Then you receive a card or a letter from someone else in the same position and with it comes the realisation that you are not alone, you know then that you can't give up, because any battle, even one fought for truth and justice, is better fought in numbers. So we all need the support of each other. Best wishes for the coming New Year to everyone involved with fighting injustice and all those ‘Hostages’ fighting to prove their innocence, Keep a positive attitude my friends because " We 'Will Win". Yours in struggle, Jake & Keith Mawhinney, 'Hostages’ since Christmas eve 1998 Jake Mawhinney Keith Mawhinney |