‘The neutrality of Professor Stephen Harris, one of the UK’s leading authorities on foxes, has been called into question.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The panel assessing Ched Evans’s latest attempt to have his rape conviction overturned have said further investigation is needed before it can announce a decision.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An appeal against the conviction of two men for the “body in a carpet” killing of a teenage girl more than two decades ago will be heard next year.’
BBC News, 15th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘There is room for argument over whether the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is too cautious in referring suspected miscarriages of justice to the Court of Appeal, as the Commons Justice Committee has said.’
BBC News, 27th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A criminal appeals charity run by lawyers has applied to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to be a regulated legal practice, and could become the first charity to become a traditional law firm in its own right.’
Legal Futures, 26th March 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A public body that reviews miscarriages of justice should be “bolder” and refer more cases to the Court of Appeal, a group of MPs has said.’
BBC News, 25th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Innocent victims of miscarriages of justice are “languishing in jail” due to delays and faults in the case review system, according to MPs behind a hard-hitting report to be published this week.’
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The Independent, 22nd March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who spent 17 years in prison for attempted rape before having his conviction quashed on the basis of a DNA test is suing the miscarriage of justice watchdog for negligence. It is claimed the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) repeatedly failed to undertake forensic analysis of the victim’s clothing, instead relying on the assurances of the same police force that investigated the case.’
The Independent, 15th March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Paul Moffitt is the second juror to cast doubt on the 2008 conviction of the nurse Colin Norris for killing four elderly hospital patients.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The “innocent man wrongly imprisoned who fights a valiant struggle to secure his freedom” is a long used trope in our culture. The hero is normally a sympathetic figure, heroically taking on the establishment.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 7th January 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Footballer Ched Evans is still looking for a new club after being released from prison last October, having served half of a five-year sentence for the rape of a 19-year-old woman in a hotel in May 2011.’
BBC News, 6th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New scientific evidence casts fresh doubt on the conviction of a nurse who was jailed for a minimum of 30 years for murdering four elderly women and attempting to kill another, according a TV investigation.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A judge has praised the “diligent” work of law students for helping overturn a former gang member’s murder conviction.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An inquiry into the rape conviction of Welsh footballer Ched Evans has begun by the body that examines potential miscarriages of justice.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In April 2012 Ched Evans, the former Wales and Sheffield United striker, was convicted of raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room in Rhyl, Denbighshire. It is a shocking and a wholly unacceptable crime for him to have committed.’
Littleton Chambers, 1st December 2014
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘Serial killer nurses often gain notoriety among their colleagues before their crimes are exposed because they hold detailed morbid conversation with grieving relatives, new research into the characteristics of so-called “angels of death” has found.’
The Guardian, 22nd November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is investigating nine criminal law firms over failures in advice to asylum seekers, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 26th August 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man who spent 17 years behind bars wrongfully convicted of attempted rape has received an apology from a body set up to examine miscarriages of justice.’
BBC News, 20th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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