SECOND THOUGHTS
Locked Up For Life, But Is She Guilty?
Or the scapegoat for a hospital’s failings . . .
Vilified in the media after her conviction, is she the victim of a grave miscarriage of justice?
My news media consumption is a mixed bag. I spent most of my life in the States and, although I’ve lived in France for more than a decade, I still read the New York Times and Washington Post. Also LeMonde, in English I confess, because it helps me better understand my country of residence.
Most mornings we eat breakfast while listening to the news on BBC Radio4, evenings we watch BBC News and sometimes Channel4. Televised broadcasts provide superficial coverage of world events, but a casual viewer could easily think little else happens throughout the UK but government screwups, murder and mayhem. The more sensational the case, the better.
Colleagues reportedly called Lucy Letby an “angel of death,” and the Prime Minister condemned her. But, in the rush to judgment, serious questions about the evidence were ignored.
