Guildford Four: how the innocent were framed and the truth buried
WEBMar 6, 2020 · Guildford Four: how the innocent were framed and the truth buried. On October 5, 1974 two public houses in Guildford, Surrey were bombed by the IRA without warning causing five deaths and over 60 injuries of varying severity. The bombs were placed in the pubs with timing devices to detonate …
How misuse of DNA evidence has led to miscarriages of justice
WEBJan 27, 2017 · How misuse of DNA evidence has led to miscarriages of justice. DNA analysis has revolutionised forensic science; helping to catch prolific murderers and shining a light on miscarriages of justice that have seen innocent people wrongfully convicted of serious crimes. Such is the power of DNA to identify, convict, and exonerate, that many ...
‘A victim of British Injustice’: Derek Bentley remembered
WEBJan 30, 2020 · In 1953 Derek Bentley, aged 19, was convicted of the murder of PC Sidney Miles and sentenced to death. It is the most infamous example of the use of joint enterprise law. Bentley was found guilty despite neither possessing nor firing a gun and giving himself to the police without violence. His co-defendant Christopher Craig, who fired the gun ...
Cheshire West case: ‘A gilded cage is still a cage’ - The Justice Gap
WEBMar 21, 2014 · Cheshire West case: ‘A gilded cage is still a cage’. The Supreme Court judgment was handed down on Wednesday in the case of P (by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor) (Appellant) v Cheshire West and Chester Council and another (Respondents); P and Q (by their litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) (Appellants) v …
Lucy Letby: another miscarriage of justice driven by courts’ failure …
WEBJul 15, 2024 · Leading experts have spoken to the Justice Gap about concerns over the safety of the conviction of Lucy Letby. Media restrictions pending a second trial of the former neonatal nurse prevented discussion of the case – although a 13,000-word investigation in the New Yorker challenged the statistical base of the prosecution and questioned whether any crime had been committed. Campaigners now ...
Six out out of 10 women in prison are victims of domestic abuse, …
WEBMar 30, 2022 · Almost six out of 10 women in prison and under community supervision are victims of domestic abuse, according to a new study published this week. The report by Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) focuses on the ‘unjust criminalisation’ of victims of violence against women and girls for offending resulting from their experience of abuse.
‘Not only a right, but a duty’: A history of perverse verdicts
WEBMay 1, 2018 · ‘Not only a right, but a duty’: A history of perverse verdicts Does anyone here remember Clive Ponting? In my mind’s eye, I see him emerging into a media scrum outside the Old Bailey, his breath hanging on the chilly air. He is wearing a raincoat, even though it is only February, and he looks tired. The year was 1985, and Ponting, a civil servant, had just been acquitted of breaching the ...
Support for neurodivergent people ‘patchy’ and ‘inconsistent’, say ...
WEBJul 19, 2021 · Half of people entering prison could have some form of neurodivergent condition including autism, brain injury and learning difficulties which impacts their ability to engage, according to a new report by three criminal justice inspectorates which highlights ‘serious gaps’ in support. In the foreword to the new report, Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Justin Russell, HM Chief ...
Just how rare are false allegations of sexual assault? - The Justice …
WEBSep 15, 2023 · Yes, I know that the statistical conclusions of the best quality surveys do seem to support the mantra that false allegations of sexual assault are rare. Yet they are not so rare as to justify metaphors such as ‘hen’s teeth’ and ‘being struck by lightning twice’ that are repeatedly applied in media commentary.
John Crilly: First successful joint enterprise appeal post-Jogee
WEBJohn Crilly, understood to be the first successful appeal since the change in Joint Enterprise law in 2016, has had his murder conviction overturned. Crilly called the law in relation to joint enterprise at the time of his conviction ‘hocus pocus nonsense’, in an interview with the BBC. Crilly and his co-defendant (David Flynn) broke into ...