Chris B, whatever our views about Mark Daly's style, the police and Michael Mansfield (barrister for the Lawrence family) have both credited him with getting the evidence of curruption that they could not get at the time nor subsequently, despite their best efforts. It is entirely as a result of his work that the police have reopened an incident room and put out a renewed app;eal for witnesses.

The same guy spent many months undercover as a police officer, ocvertly filming evidence of police racism, as a result of which there were several resignations from the police, and several prosecutions brought.

Don T, the five murderers in question didn't actually film themselves. They were caught on a police surveillance camera.

Rap, the reason this case remains an issue 13 years on is that it has been recognised as a misscarriage of justice almost from the start. I don't know about the US in this respect, but in the UK there are people who simply do not give up where matters of justice are concerned.

Michael Mansfield, the barrister in this case, also represented victim families in the recently concluded inquiry into Bloody Sunday, which happened way back in January 1972. The report from that inquiry is now overdue. The rumour is that it will recommend prosecutions for murder against British soldiers. At the very least it will show an earlier inquiry, by the senior judge of the day, to have been a pack of lies and to have made outrageous accusations against entirely innocent victims. That's worth doing regardless of how much time has elapsed.