well from the letters quoted, he doesn't express himself like a thug.

And if he he was unjustly treated, then I think it should be set right.

You got the same sort of arguments about the shellshock victims who were executed for cowardice in World War One. And people who say we shouldn't apopogise to Africa for slavery.

The proof of the fact that we haven't taken into our hearts the need for trying to get things right in future, is that fact that we still treat traumatised war heroes of the gulf war like shit - and racism is always raising its ugly head.

The first step in cleaning out the Augean stables of the legal system would probably be to admit, we've been getting it wrong for a hell of a long time.