Letter: Terrorism law

Sir: What if, as you stood there - innocent - before the judge (and no jury), he awaited the word from a senior police officer who didn't like you ... or your family? Might not Mandela, Adams and others be able to speak from their own experience on this one? On such evidentiary terms, even Jesus was convicted.

THOMAS HUTCHISON McFADDEN

Pembroke College

Oxford