June 08, 2007
Dispatch from Not-So-Great Britain, Part the Fifth
Came across a headline that made me say, "What the hell!?"
Paedophile rape report suppressed to protect a killer’s right to privacy
"That can't be as bad as it looks," I thought, so I read the article.
I was right.
It was worse.
The findings of an inquiry into why a convicted murderer freed from prison was able to abduct and rape a ten-year-old boy will remain secret because its publication would infringe the killer’s right to privacy.
The Parole Board cites the Data Protection Act to justify its refusal to make public the findings of an internal review into its 2005 decision to free Stephen Ayre.
Because, you see, it would be a gross injustice to embarass a kiddie-raping killer.
Winston weeps.
Posted by Mike Lief at June 8, 2007 12:44 AM
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