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TocTheElder t1_jczht7v wrote

Reply to comment by Crimbobimbobippitybo in British man deported to Jamaica launches action against Home Office | Richard Wallace wrongly classed as Jamaican and deported after serving murder sentence, despite having been born in London by kwentongskyblue

>I think being a murderer and having a resulting bit of ill fortune which was corrected makes him less sympathetic than others affected by the Windrush scandal.

So exactly what I said, then?

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Effective-Juice t1_jcz38or wrote

Reply to comment by Serious_Guy_ in British man deported to Jamaica launches action against Home Office | Richard Wallace wrongly classed as Jamaican and deported after serving murder sentence, despite having been born in London by kwentongskyblue

There's that.

But, also: Fascinated to hear from all these legal experts as to why "being worthy of sympathy" is the basis of whether the law applies to an individual.

I didn't know that a criminal record resulted in a permanent outlaw status or that not being very likable was a basis for denying human rights. This whole time we could have had Andy Dick on a chain gang.

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StopCensoringPeopleR t1_jcyy1mq wrote

Reply to British man deported to Jamaica launches action against Home Office | Richard Wallace wrongly classed as Jamaican and deported after serving murder sentence, despite having been born in London by kwentongskyblue

How will the current "nope you can't come back" statement to the British woman in Syria who has had her citizenship stripped affect this case? Will the UK government use that as a precedent to avoid paying anything?

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Serious_Guy_ t1_jcy0jul wrote

Reply to comment by ilikecchiv in British man deported to Jamaica launches action against Home Office | Richard Wallace wrongly classed as Jamaican and deported after serving murder sentence, despite having been born in London by kwentongskyblue

36 years old, no previous convictions, murder weapon never found, pleaded not guilty, appealed, exceptionally good conduct in prison, including charity and educational work, gaining a BSc honours degree, peer tutoring and teaching in prison and a long list of other achievements, only expressed remorse and guilt at the point where not doing so would mean serving years longer before parole/release, the suggestion during trial that someone else may have targeted the victim due to drug dealing from the cafe rather than the alleged perpetrator commiting an opportunistic robbery. I would really like to see the evidence used to convict this guy before I say I don't feel sorry for him, especially as someone who has plead guilty to a crime I didn't commit as part of a pragmatic plea deal to save myself several years in prison.

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Martholomeow t1_jcxylvo wrote

Reply to comment by joojie in British man deported to Jamaica launches action against Home Office | Richard Wallace wrongly classed as Jamaican and deported after serving murder sentence, despite having been born in London by kwentongskyblue

and the rest of us are welcome to our opinion that once someone becomes a murderer we don’t care about them or their rights.

i’m sure if someone killed someone you love then you wouldn’t be so quick to stand up for the rights of murderers.

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