Ben
That the police were prone to finding ‘after the event’ suspects goes to corroborate the view, which I would suggest is widely shared, that the police has few unresolved suspects.
I don’t know why you introduced the matter of how long the police could hold someone without charging them. That is an entirely separate issue. They could continue to suspect someone and name him in later years as a major suspect, without charging them.
I have also been at pains to state that exoneration need not necessarily equal innocence.
That the police were prone to finding ‘after the event’ suspects goes to corroborate the view, which I would suggest is widely shared, that the police has few unresolved suspects.
I don’t know why you introduced the matter of how long the police could hold someone without charging them. That is an entirely separate issue. They could continue to suspect someone and name him in later years as a major suspect, without charging them.
I have also been at pains to state that exoneration need not necessarily equal innocence.
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