Spy Tapes are out!

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Seems Pierre de Vos is also of the view that charges shouldn't have been dropped.

Spy tapes: Still no reason to drop charges

I read this yesterday -- it was quite a good read. The following quote sums it up perfectly for me:

“A prosecution is not wrongful merely because it is brought for an improper purpose. It will only be wrongful if, in addition, reasonable and probable grounds for prosecuting are absent, something not alleged by Mr Zuma and which in any event can only be determined once criminal proceedings have been concluded. The motive behind the prosecution is irrelevant because, as Schreiner JA said in connection with arrests, the best motive does not cure an otherwise illegal arrest and the worst motive does not render an otherwise legal arrest illegal. The same applies to prosecutions.”

It seems so simple...