Minister promises that Part III is coming

[Ian Johnson]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk 
>[mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk] On Behalf Of 
>Brian Morrison
>Sent: 12 May 2006 21:12
>To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
>Subject: Re: Minister promises that Part III is coming
>
>On Fri, 12 May 2006 21:04:11 +0100
>"Caspar Bowden" <casparb@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> >>What is safe to agree, I think, is that convicted child molesters
>> should
>> >>be on notice to prove the innocence of their data. 
>> 
>> >It seems fashionable to view such people as sub-human, 
>undeserving of 
>> >a private life, civil liberties, and any possibility of 
>rehabilitation.
>> 
>> That caricatures what I said - which is that in my view this is a 
>> reasonable forfeit of liberty in the circumstances
>
>Is there such a thing as "a reasonable forfeit of liberty"? It 
>may seem reasonable to you, but what about the person who 
>makes the forfeit? If they really are innocent, why should 
>they have to jump through hoops yet again to prove it?
>

Once upon a time :) we were more interested in the rehabilitation
of offenders, rather than their persecution to the grave.

If the *only* evidence of any crime being committed is on the perps
computer, I would question the need to prosecute at all.

"I would rather a thousand guilty men go free, than one innocent stand
convicted" - but then again, I don't regard the Daily Wail as a newspaper.

Frankly, with the current standard of evidence in successful convictions
and this government obsession with tilting the balance ever further, I 
would have sympathy with many claims of wrongful conviction.

Regards,

Ian