The Death of Justice - Softcover

O'Brien, Michael

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Synopsis

Michael O'Brien was imprisoned for eleven years for a crime he didn't commit - the Cardiff Newsagent Murder. In this book he reveals all about the police incompetence and scapegoating which landed him in prison as an innocnet man. It also tells of his tooth-and-nail fight through the highest courts, not only to get himself free, but to gain the highest compensation payout of its kind. While in prison, Michael lost not only his freedom but everything he'd ever had, including his wife, his child, and even his health. But he did gain something from his time inside: a self-taught knowledge of Law, and a burning desire to help others fight for justice. On his release he joined forces with another miscarriage of justice victim, Paddy Joe Hill, a member of the Birmingham Six. They set up MOJO (the Miscarriages of Justice Organisation) to help others fight the corrupt British justice system. Read Michael's unforgettable story and you will never again trust the British justice system.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Chapter One : 42 Suspects
The Murder
First Arrest
Second Arrest
Darren Hall
Suicide Risk

Chapter Two: Day’s Takings
On Trial
“I am not admitting to something I did not do”

Chapter Three: Category A
From Cardiff to Long Lartin
HMP Frankland

Chapter Four: Fresh Hope
HMP Bristol
HMP Gartree

Chapter Five: That Confession
How the confession developed
The confession before the jury
The confession unravels
Could Darren be trusted now?

Chapter Six: Open To Suspicion
Thames Valley Police Report
Home For Christmas

Chapter Seven: Three Judges
Walter Mitty at the Appeal Court
Their Worst Nightmare
Different Verdicts

Chapter Eight: So This Is Freedom
A Jekyll and Hyde Force
Justice in Crisis
Face to face with the real killer?

Epilogue
Acknowledgements

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