The film begins with the protagonist stealing from a roof in Belfast and being nearly killed as a sniper. Later, when he went to London, he did not live with his aunt, did not find a formal job, did not follow his father's teachings, and was accidentally wounded by a gun. It should be noted that terrorist activities in Britain were rampant at that time, no different from the battlefield.
The law is always clumsy.
Not wronging a good person and not letting go of a bad person are in themselves contradictory. Good or bad lies in the restoration of the crime incident. The truth is always Rashomon. The suspect you face, whether he committed a crime or not, will express his innocence in the same way. Judicial officers are not superhuman, how to judge?
Public opinion is changeable.
There is pressure above to give the public an explanation in the shortest possible time, so there is a trick. It is the jury who refer the male lead. After the actor was sentenced to 30 years in prison, the courtroom boiled and everyone celebrated. Don't the vast majority of the public hope that someone will be arrested? Whether or not he really committed a crime, he always has to give the public an explanation. Whoever it is, the masses need a punching bag. If the jury acquitted him, what pressure would the jury bear?
It should be said that the first lawyer the male protagonist encountered was much more pressured than the female lawyer who later helped him overturn the case. When the female lawyer helped him overturn the case, public opinion was already inclined towards the male protagonist. What happened after that was just a matter of course.
The fact that the male protagonist was able to reverse the case was inseparable from the background that the United Kingdom took a relaxed attitude towards the independence of Northern Ireland at that time. Otherwise, demonstrations in support of him, and reports in his favor, would not have appeared at all.
Father's words are worth considering.
If he had listened to his father, he would not have been wrongfully imprisoned for fifteen years. Not only did he go to jail, but he also cheated his father to death. What about the final reversal? My father has died in prison, and I have been abandoned in prison for fifteen years.
Shooting the film from the supervisor's point of view of the wronged, everything seems to be a matter of course. If the film is shot from a different perspective, the audience may come to the opposite conclusion.
At present, the British principle is that it is better to let go of a thousand than to catch one. So, don't be surprised when you know the level of law and order in most neighborhoods in the UK.
Nevertheless, low-income people with bad records of petty theft, drug use, prostitution, and drunk driving, especially people of color and minorities, are more likely to be wrongfully imprisoned in countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States than most people imagine. Every year, a large number of low- and middle-income earners are arrested as criminal suspects because of some specious testimony, and then convicted by jury and imprisoned because of bad records. Conversely, if there is a record of prostitution, even if you are raped, it is difficult to prosecute the other party.
To not be wronged is very simple, is to strive to get rid of the economic status of the bottom of the society. If you can afford a good lawyer, there is no problem in killing people under the advice of a lawyer. As long as you know how to throw away the murder weapon at the critical moment, keep your mouth shut, and arrange for a lawyer to discuss everything. Otherwise, be cautious and keep yourself clean. Unless you want to go the scumbag route.
If you can't do these two points, you can easily be wronged anywhere.
Most Britons are well behaved because they can't afford the cost of having a bad record. This is also a deterrent to injustice.
Don't be cool on the battlefield, don't have high hopes for the law, and don't believe that public opinion and conscience are together. If you don't have enough money, and you don't want to be wrongfully imprisoned or even hanged on the gallows, you'd better keep yourself clean. Father's words are worth considering.
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