The father of a Fife stabbing victim is calling for judges to have the right to refer "perversely wrong" verdicts to the appeal courts.
Alan McLean's son Barry died in May 2011 in Burntisland, he was 27.
The man accused of murdering him was found not guilty by a jury in 2012.
More than 1,300 people have signed Mr McLean's "perverse acquittal" petition.
He's been addressing the Public Petitions Committee at Holyrood where he encouraged MSPs to back his call:
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