] A conviction for the murder of a cinema manager, that
] sent a young Liverpool labourer to the gallows 53 years
] ago, was yesterday overturned by the court of appeal.
]
] George Kelly was executed at Walton jail on Merseyside in
] March 1950, following what was then the longest criminal
] trial in English legal history. His plea for clemency had
] been rejected by the home secretary of the day, James
] Chuter Ede.

This is why 100 years from now, people will be saying "can you believe what barbarians people were 100 years ago? they actually KILLED people and called it justice!".

At least that's what happens in my dreams, anyway.

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