The grieving mother of schoolgirl Alice Gross has said she believes that the government is ultimately to blame for her death. Alice’s family has called for careful, targeted reform of the system for exchanging information about high-risk offenders across Europe. Regardless of whether legal responsibility can be attributed to the state for Alice’s death, I believe the state failed Alice and our family. Alice’s father, Jose Gross, her mother, and her sister Nina were present in the courtroom as the jury forewoman read aloud the conclusions. Liberty said that as a direct consequence of Alice’s death there was now much better information-sharing about criminal convictions across Europe.

Source: The Guardian July 04, 2016 14:32 UTC