1—I havent denied the UK has had spree killers (3 so far). Its the sheer volume of them that the US seems to have.
2—I dont dump on America. Wind your neck in.
3—And there havent been US serial killers who have indulged in even worse bestial torture?. Hindley was evil, a vile excuse for a human being (as is Brady),
And she couldnt be executed because the death penalty had been suspended in 1965. And that wasnt totally down to Evans. In fact, it had little to do with it at the time. There had been other notorious cases (Hanratty, Derek Bentley, Ruth Ellis, all of which were much more controversial than Evans), and as the 60’s came in, a more liberal feeling started to affect people’s opinions on the death penalty.
Ludovic Kennedy and his book on Evans didnt come out until well after Evans’s hanging in the early 50’s. The public idea of Evans as a wrongly hung man really didnt take on until the book and esp the 1971 film.
4—Evans wasnt innocent. Despite the hype from the book and film ‘10 Rillington Place’. He has become a cause celebre for innocence here, but usually by people who have just seen the classic film and dont know anything about the case.
Same with Hanratty. Who lo and behold turned out to be guilty (thank you DNA).
5—Stop bleating about this limey acting all superior. Because I am not. I get no joy from American murders, deaths or spree killers. Any more straw and you could burn Edward Woodward with whats left over.
Calm down yourself, scotsman. I haven’t seen you so worked up since I told you I disliked Bisto granules.
I think most people realized that the death of Tim Evans might have been a miscarriage of justice when John Christie resurfaced in 1953 with a house full of dead bodies. So, no, I don’t believe the brilliant film or the Kennedy book was completely responsible for exonerating Evans. I tend to think Evans was innocent but would certainly be willing to consider the alternative.
And, of course, I understand that there were probably other reasons for the death of the death penalty in England.