Calls to amend payout rules for wrongly convicted – BBC News

Posted March 19th, 2025 in burden of proof, compensation, miscarriage of justice, news, sexual offences and tagged by sally

‘”I just burst out crying,” says Brian Buckle, recalling the moment he read the rejection letter from the Ministry of Justice after applying for compensation. It said it accepted Brian was “innocent” of the sexual offences he had been wrongly imprisoned for, but he had failed to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt” that he had not committed the crimes.’

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BBC News, 19th March 2025

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