The jury in the David Bain retrial has reached its verdict, and found him not guilty on all counts.
Bain was imprisoned for twelve years. This verdict means he was imprisoned wrongfully. He is therefore morally entitled to compensation. Unfortunately, the government does not recognise this; it requires those freed after a miscarriage of justice to prove their innocence, rather than accepting their strict liability for unlawful imprisonment contrary to the accepted standard of "beyond a reasonable doubt".
That position is morally wrong, and the government should change it.
