Published by The Independent (12th January, 2015) Just over four years ago in the United States there was a firestorm of protest over the suggestion a prominent quarterback […]
Crime / Policy
Ched Evans has been punished. Let him return to his job
Published by The Guardian (17th October, 2014) Let us start with the most important fact. Ched Evans is a rapist, a footballer found guilty of predatory assault on a […]
Crime / Policy / Politics
One step forward on probation, then one giant step back on jails
Published in The Guardian (January 11th, 2013) According to the latest figures there are 83,632 locked up in English and Welsh prisons. This is an obscenely large number […]
Crime / Policy
Don’t mock ‘hug a hoodie’. It was, and still is, the right message
Published in The Guardian (June 1st, 2012) Like so many famous political phrases, David Cameron never actually said that anyone should ‘hug a hoodie’. No matter. For it became a […]
Crime / Policy / United States / World
Oddly, Texas can teach the UK a thing or two on criminal justice
Published in The Guardian (November 21st, 2011) Hang ’em high Texas is not the first place you might look for lessons in criminal justice. The lone star state […]
Africa / Libya
Devastating secret files reveal Labour lies over Gaddafi
Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 4th, 2011) The startling extent to which Labour misled the world over the controversial release of the Lockerbie bomber is exposed […]