Oswald Danes

Oswald Danes was a convicted paedophile and former teacher who raped and murdered twelve-year-old Susie Cabina. When taken into police custody he stated that she should have run faster. He was sentenced to death, and exectued by lethal injection. However, he survived his execution since it occurred on Miracle Day. Because his sentence was technically carried out, his lawyers successfully advanced a Force majeure argument, apparently flavoured with Fifth and Eighth Amendment implications, which induced the reluctant Governor of Kentucky to parole him. (TW: The New World)

He thereafter made an appearance on WWCN in which he broke down and cried, apologising profusely for his crimes. This started to shift opinion in his favour — opinion which had been solidly against him when he departed Montrose Hill State Penitentiary. Public relations guru Jilly Kitzinger thereafter offered her services to him, but he declined, saying that he didn't need representation. (TW: Rendition)

Behind the scenes

 * During pre-production of Torchwood: Miracle Day, this character's name was reported as "Oswald Jones". (DWM 427)