Cautionary Tales · October 24, 2025 · 39m

Derek Bentley Must Hang

Tim Harford (solo)

An amateurish burglary in 1950s London ends in murder. One of the men involved is a 19-year-old named Derek Bentley. Bentley has the understanding of a child - and he wasn't the killer. But the British justice system seems determined to deliver the death penalty.

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