Savile and the Loss of Innocence
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An examination of what the Savile scandal has revealed about our society's ideas of justice and morality.
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Savile and the Loss of Innocence - Robert Jameson
Savile and the Loss of Innocence
by Robert Jameson
Copyright 2014 Robert Jameson
Warning and Disclaimer
This book is not designed to offend anyone, but it undoubtedly will, because there are many people who do not support and are offended by freedom of speech and some of the basic principles of justice. Some of them refuse to grasp the basic principle of 'innocent unless proven guilty' and are offended when their ignorance is exposed. Some people are offended by anything that isn't politically-correct and some are offended by almost anything they don't happen to agree with. If, for whatever reason, you do not want to take the risk of being offended, then you may want to seriously consider not reading this book. If you do decide to read this book, you do so at your own risk.
Furthermore, please note that this book is intended to explore issues and opinions rather than to state facts. Every statement in this book should be regarded, for legal purposes, as merely an opinion presented by the author. This book should not be regarded as a repository of any factual information whatsoever.
Introduction
This is a book all about the freedom and justice issues surrounding the allegations of sexual misconduct made against the late Jimmy Savile.
For those readers not familiar with the situation, Jimmy Savile was a very famous UK personality - disc jockey, TV presenter and celebrity fund-raiser for many charities, especially children's charities. After his death, however, there were stories and claims about alleged sexual misconduct. These allegations grew and grew into a massive scandal. On his death, he was a national hero, celebrated for his charity work. Now, he is widely assumed to have been a monster, responsible for sexually molesting hundreds or even thousands of young people.
The allegations against Jimmy Savile were followed by an explosion of rumours, stories and investigations involving other celebrities who were alleged to have also committed sexual offences - usually historical offences dating back decades. The police ran (and are, at the time of writing, still running) a huge investigation known as Operation Yewtree, to track down, investigate, arrest and prosecute people who may have been involved in crimes connected to, or similar in nature to, the alleged crimes of Jimmy Savile.
There have also been a number of other arrests and prosecutions which, although not officially part of Operation Yewtree, are clearly related to and prompted by the furore over Jimmy Savile and the political desire to be seen to be tough on people accused of sex crimes.
The police have investigated and arrested many celebrities, including TV presenters, comedians, musicians and actors. Some have been charged and prosecuted in court and a few have actually been convicted.
The Savile scandal has appalled me, but not for the reasons it has appalled many others. I'm a philosopher and author. In many of my books, I write about freedom. I want to be part of a more thoughtful society that does more to value our important freedoms. The Jimmy Savile case, however, and the way our society has reacted to this case, highlight many of the difficulties that lie ahead and which need to be overcome if we are to achieve this aim. It seems that there is, unfortunately, a glaring gap between our finest traditions of fairness and justice and the attitudes commonplace in our modern society.
This book looks at how our justice system, our media and our society in general have reacted to the Savile scandal, with particular reference to the prosecutions that have been pursued in the wake of the Savile scandal. It examines the failings of our justice system and highlights some of the popular and hysterical prejudices, reflected by our media, that have been allowed to interfere with and infect our justice system.
It really is important that we have a good, hard look at the direction our society has taken. Are the Yewtree-related prosecutions genuine attempts at justice - or are they largely bogus and politically-motivated prosecutions prompted by an hysterical reaction to unproven allegations against a dead celebrity? And just how many of the principles of good justice are we prepared to compromise or abandon in order to satisfy our society's media-stoked thirst for retribution? Whether or not we can agree on the answers, it should be clear that these are very necessary and important questions to ask and consider.
Innocent
Brace yourself, because I'm going to say something that many people will find shocking and deeply offensive, but which is a very necessary thing to say, precisely because many people will irrationally find it offensive.
Jimmy Savile is innocent. Now let's just take a moment to sit back and reflect upon this idea, because it's a very important idea. He's innocent in the eyes of the law. It's a fundamentally important principle that, in the eyes of the law, he remains innocent because he was never convicted in a fair trial of any of the sexual offences he has been accused of.
Now, many people probably don't care about this fundamental principle. To many, his innocence in this sense is little more than a technicality. Clearly, he was guilty as hell, they might think, and he should have died in jail. And yet, the technicality such people care little about is a linchpin of any democratic and free society.
It matters. It really, really matters - and if we are prepared to denigrate or ignore it just so we can revel in vitriolic condemnation of a deceased celebrity, then we risk sacrificing our very existence as a free society. That's why I had to write this book - and why I and others need to say things that will offend many people.
Now, I don't know what the truth is behind each of the allegations against Jimmy Savile, but it is absolutely right that we should respect his official, legal status as entirely innocent of the crimes he has been accused of.
'Ah, but that is only because he is dead,' some may say. 'Since he is