Miscarriage Of Justice

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A criminal conviction related to a 1978 IRA bombing has been referred back to Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) because of doubts about the integrity of interview statements. Christopher Cummings was convicted at Belfast Crown Court in 1980 on one coun

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The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which investigates potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has launched an online library of every case it has sent back to the courts since 1997. The CCRC Case Library allows users to search, filter, and read brief summa

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Victims of historic miscarriages of justice in England and Wales may not claim back "bed and board" costs deducted from their compensation for the time they spent in prison. Last year, the Conservatives scrapped the policy of making such deductions in the wake of the high-profile Andrew Malkinson ca

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Three Irish barristers will travel to the US this month to help exonerate wrongfully convicted people in Wisconsin and Florida after being awarded scholarships. Simon Wilson BL, Róisín O’Mara BL, and Gemma McLoughlin Burke BL have been named by The Bar of Ireland as the recipient

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The head of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has refused to resign following a damning report into the watchdog's handling of the Andrew Malkinson case. Mr Malkinson wrongly served 17 years behind bars after being convicted in rape in 2004. He steadfastly maintained his innocence and his

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A victim of an infamous miscarriage of justice in the 1990s has been elected to New York City Council. Yusef Salaam was arrested at the age of 15, along with other African-American and Latino teenagers, and later convicted in connection with the rape and assault of a woman in New York's Central Park

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England's Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk and Attorney General Victoria Prentis have ordered an independent inquiry into the circumstances and handling of Andrew Malkinson’s case after his conviction for rape was quashed by the Court of Appeal last month. The inquiry will investigate the handling a

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A public consultation is seeking views on changes to the test used by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to decide whether a case should be referred back to the courts as a potential miscarriage of justice. The CCRC investigates potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northe

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The organisation that independently investigates potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has handled an almost 20 per cent rise in applications in the last year. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) received 1,424 applications between 1 April 2022 and 31 March

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Three murder convictions dating back to 1981 have been referred back to the Northern Ireland courts by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). George Kirkpatrick, Eric Cullen and Cyril Cullen — the so-called Castlewellan Three — each received life sentences on 24 June 1981 for the k

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