Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
Hanratty's guilt has since been established if I'm not mistaken. But irrespective of whether this is the case or not ... DNA profiling has advanced to the extent where it is more or less guaranteed to prevent miscarriages of justice.
Quote Originally Posted by johncar54 View Post
News report March 2011.

The murder conviction of James Hanratty, who was hanged 40 years ago protesting his innocence, was today upheld by the Court of Appeal which ruled that DNA evidence established his guilt "beyond doubt".
Aha ... so I was'nt mistaken in my earlier statement about Hanratty!