Not Guilty but Vilified?

I bleed, you bleed and so should we all upon seeing and hearing of the travesty in the miscarriage of justice in WA.

I watched this segment on ABC 7:30 pm presented by Stan Grant, last night, and bled for the young man and his mother who became victims of a misguided system reeking of discrimination. This story has been in the media before –  the segment on the ABC last night cut deeper this time.

Watch here:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-12...

How does a justice system ever undo the immoral judgement and carelessness in convicting an innocent young man for a murder he did not commit? Was this a deliberate act of discrimination?

Five years spent in prison despite the murdered young man, Josh Warneke’s, mother categorically stating that police had the wrong young man. Five years shut away with no understanding of why this has happened. The compassionate mother, of Josh Warneke, said that seeing Gene Gibson freed was one of the most, “profound moments of my life,” quoted in a WA news article.

Why was this allowed to go on for five years in WA? Who is really being held accountable for this gross miscarriage of justice? Will the details of who the perpetrators of injustice are be revealed while exposing the penalty they will receive, is disciplinary action going to undo the damage already done? It will never get Gene Gibson his years wrongfully lost in prison back. Five years. A life lost. The murderer out on the streets.

Gene Gibson, quoted as being ‘shy and gentle’ with ‘cognitive impairment’ was defenceless against a system that judged the colour of his skin first, ruling out all possibility of his innocence while making him believe he had to confess to that which he did not commit?

How does an apology bring back those lost years? Those years were stolen from a young, innocent man. How does the grieving mother, of the young man murdered cope,  knowing her son’s killer is still out there?

What’s happening in the rest of the world is critiqued with vigour, every day.

Our own backyard needs attention.

A fair go for all…where is it?

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