A lack of conviction

We had this in one of our news stories today:

Having overturned his false conviction, John Smith is...

Would you make any changes?

I took out 'false' – it's not wrong, but it's pretty self-evident. After all, the conviction has been overturned. I don't think there's anything wrong with:

Having overturned his conviction, John Smith is...

1 comment:

Roy said...

Yes, I would make changes. I would put him back inside as John Smith is sure to be guilty of something. Why else wouls he call himself John Smith?