Last month, a black woman in Texas finally got justice when her murderer was executed, while in the North of England, another black murder victim didn’t. Quintin Jones was just 20 years old when he murdered his great aunt, Berthena Bryant. Although she was 83, the victim was quite mobile and drove her own car. […]
It is a standing joke in certain right wing circles that Guardian readers whine about the oppression of the working class while sending their own kids to private schools, and that they are outraged at the slightest hint of racism while living in exclusively white neighbourhoods. As discussed in a previous article, the Guardian has […]
Some people are more important than others, whatever the intersectionality brigade claims. If you are a married man with two point four children, the most important people in your life should be your offspring, your spouse, and your extended family. If they are not, your wife should divorce you. Nevertheless, in the wider world some […]
What is the best way to get away with murder? In the United States especially, it is to wear a badge. Police officers who shoot innocent citizens are seldom brought to book. In the UK, police shootings do happen, but they are extremely rare. Domestic murders on the other hand are sadly all too common. Men murder their wives and lovers; women murder their husbands and lovers.
If convicting innocent men of rape is not bad enough, exculpating women convicted of murder on compelling evidence is no better if not worse, yet that is the mission of the misnamed Centre For Women’s Justice. Although this pernicious organisation has had charitable status since only 2016, it has been around a lot longer than that as Justice For Women, with which it is synonymous. Set up by the lawyer Harriet Wistrich and her lover Julie Bindel, its first big win came in 1995 when it secured the release of Emma Humphreys.
