Notable extracts
Short verbatim extracts from the video. Each quote is under 80 words and attributed to the speaker. Extracted under fair-dealing for review and news reporting (CDPA 1988 s.30).
Stephen Phelps (Speaker 1)
I have been involved in sixteen exonerations over my career. The patterns repeat. Too many charges. A single dominant expert the defence cannot dislodge. And a local legal establishment that has collectively decided on guilt before the trial begins.
Stephen Phelps (Speaker 1)
The licence lapse is not a trivial matter. Evans obtained his licence back in 2019. He then placed himself onto this case. That sequence of events deserves much more scrutiny than it has received.
Stephen Phelps (Speaker 1)
The adversarial system is excellent at winning arguments. It is very poor at finding the truth. When those two things diverge, and they do diverge, the person in the dock is the one who suffers.