This is what happens when police get tunnel vision. They shoot the arrow, then they draw the target. They lose their objectivity and that’s why we have juries. – Raymond Kelly I would like to return to the subject of Mignini’s behaviour and thought processes. Many religious fundamentalists, both Roman Catholic and Protestant still believe in the reality of evil and …

“Witches never existed, except in people’s minds.  All there was in the olden days was women and some men who believed in herbal cures and in folklore and in the wish to fly.  Witches?  We’re all witches in one way or another.  Witches was the invention of mankind, son.  We’re all witches beneath the skin.”  – Ian Rankin, The Flood …

Schadenfreude and confirmation bias – coming soon to a computer near you   Internet hate is the new hobby of the bored and ignorant. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the case of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, writes Nigel Scott.    At the time of writing, a Google search for ‘Amanda Knox’ comes up with almost 35 million results. This number …