Although it is important to note that the RCMP's 1982
investigation did lead to Marshall being freed from prison — implying that one can not always assume that a police force will not be able or willing to conduct a proper
investigation into allegations
of wrongful conviction — we believe that most citizens would feel more comfortable taking this
sort of information, at least initially, to a person or body they do not consider to be part
of the
criminal justice system, or directly or indirectly involved in the original
investigation.
A
criminal investigation in Italy resulted in indictments in Milan against Shell and ENI, and it is uncertain what
sort of investigation, if what has occurred in Nigeria can properly be so described, has been conducted in Nigeria.