I said, "if there is hard evidence." An oral history project is NOT hard evidence.

"I remember Big Mick killing women in Whitechapel in the '80s."
"Ed T. was Margaret Thatcher's secret lover."
"Big Al smuggled cocaine into Helsinki back in the '70s."

Oral history, and like an oral contract not worth the paper it's written on.

Remember I said "hard evidence." Not the recorded words of someone, but evidence that could stand up in court. Even circumstantial evidence can convict:

I see you go into a windowless room with someone. The door is shut and locked. There is a gunshot. Breaking open the door I see you standing over a dead, bleeding body. You are holding a pistol that has just been fired -- there's a faint curl of smoke coming from the barrel.

All the evidence is based upon circumstances, but the totality of the evidence says you shot and killed the other person.

Now supposed I saw the shooting in a mirror when I was standing on the front step (the doors to the room being open). I'm an eyewitness.

But the HARD evidence would be your fingerprints on the gun, ballistics linking the bullet to the gun you are holding, fresh nitrate deposits on your hands, etc.

I am making NO judgement as to where Adams is guilty or not, much less if he is innocent.