he was the first man to be convicted of murder on the basis of dna evidence. thejustice secretary is taking legal advice about the decision. our legal correspondent dominic casciani is here. clearly strong feelings about the decision, is thejustice secretary hoping to reverse it? well, he s not saying so tonight, because his options are colin pitchfork finished the punishment element in 2016 and since then he is saying that he is safe to be released under a license in the community. and during his hearing in march, experts look at 1100 pages of evidence, from psychologists, police officers, probation officers who will be managing him, and the conclusion reached by the parole board, which is a judge led process, was that because he has completed all sorts of offending behaviour programmes, that he has educated himself, he has taken steps to rehabilitate himself, he could be safely managed, and that is the key thing, because the legal test for the parole board is that it cannot release s