Hello posters, long time no posty....
I have always believed JB to be guilty but I have also believed that, if one applied the standards of the JB police investigation in 1985 to how these would be viewed during a trial nowadays, the result might have been different. So, I kinda have a foot in both camps from a CJS perspective. The standard of police investigations in the 70's and 80's was often shocking despite, in the vast majority of cases, a genuine desire on the part of individual police officers themselves to get the 'right result'. In those days, hierarchy often led to a herd mentality which, hopefully, is far less tolerated today.
JB's case I feel is more cut and dried than most, as his own alibi made it him or Sheila, narrowing the possible scenarios. However, I still think about how convinced I was that Simon Hall was innocent - as a lawyer, not as a result of cr*p spewed by his wife etc.
Anyhoo, hope you all are well :) I'll have to stop by more often.