Miscarriage Of Justice

Two former solicitor generals for England and Wales have supported the demands for a public investigation into the case of a man wrongly convicted of rape after a media report that the police had held crucial DNA evidence for 16 years before his exoneration. Edward Garnier KC labelled the misca

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

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

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

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) referred four suspected miscarriages of justice to the Northern Ireland courts in the past year, according to its latest annual report. Established 25 years ago, the CCRC is the independent body responsible for investigating alleged miscarriages of justice

A joint enterprise case has been referred back to the courts as a possible miscarriage of justice for the first time in Northern Ireland. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) made the referral to the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal (NICA) following a review of directions given to the jury du

The test used by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to decide what cases should be referred back to the Northern Ireland courts as possible miscarriages of justice is set to be reviewed. The CCRC is an independent body responsible for investigating alleged miscarriages of justice in England

The Supreme Court has held that the conviction of a mentally ill man for the murder of his infant son in 2001 was a miscarriage of justice. The man had previously spent 16 years in an Irish prison before being officially diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. The man was subsequently found not guilt

The inquiry into undercover policing operations in England and Wales has referred the first suspected miscarriages of justice identified through its investigations to a dedicated panel set up by the Home Office. The case, involving 12 individuals, relates to an incident on 12 May 1972 when political

Unreliable witness testimony has been the biggest cause of miscarriages of justice over the past half-century, a new study suggests. The research also suggests that regulations governing the powers of police have been effective in reducing wrongful convictions caused by unreliable confessions.

A new database showing miscarriages of justice that have occurred over the past 50 years in all of the UK's legal jurisdictions has been launched at the University of Exeter. The Laboratory for Evidence-Based Justice, based at Exeter Law School, is a new research group working at the intersecti

A man convicted four decades ago of offences linked to alleged paramilitary activity has had the convictions quashed in the Court of Appeal in Belfast.

The body tasked with reviewing potential miscarriages of justice will come under scrutiny next week, The Times reports. The Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice, established by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Miscarriages of Justice, investigates the ability of the criminal justice

UK government talks on how to deal with problems of evidence disclosure have excluded victims of miscarriages of justice, according to a campaigner. Liam Allan was on bail for two years after he was wrongly charged with rape and sexual assault, The Times reports.