It really does appear that the Law in this country (UK) has gone completely bonkers. Apparently several men who were wrongly convicted of crimes in the 1970s, including those wrongly accused of murdering the newspaper boy, Carl Bridgewater, are to be required to pay for their 'board and lodgings' (ie. the 'bill' that they ran up whilst languishing in prison). This is to be deducted from the compensation money that they received on their release. It appears that they appealed against this absurd travesty of justice but four 'Law Lords' have now rejected their appeal ('The Independent', 15.03.2007).

I have long suspected that, in the last few decades, the 'forces of law'n'order' in this country have so hamstrung themselves over dealing with criminals that it is now too difficult, so they punish the innocent instead!