Guilt, non-guilt and innocence: what will Strasbourg decide? – The Guardian
“Victims of miscarriages of justice await Lorraine Allen judgment with hope.”
The Guardian, 21st November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: miscarriage of justice
Jailed for a crime you didn’t commit: Landmark case could be costly for UK – The Independent
“Lorraine Allen is an unlikely crusader for justice. The 43-year-old grandmother wants the world to forget that she was wrongly accused of killing her baby and leave her to get on with life. But first she needs the authorities to accept that she was wrongly convicted and make amends. That could happen this week when Europe’s highest court for human rights hears Mrs Allen’s plea for compensation 12 years after she was wrongfully imprisoned for shaking her four-month-old son to death.”
The Independent, 11th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Barry George fights for compensation for Jill Dando murder conviction – Daily Telegraph
Barry George, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the murder of the TV presenter Jill Dando, today launched a test case bid to overturn a ‘defective’ decision denying him compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Cardiff Three: the long wait for justice – The Guardian
“The case of the Cardiff Three was a gross miscarriage of justice which, 24 years on, remains unresolved. Can a report into the failed prosecution of eight police officers shed new light?”
The Guardian, 17th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Justice can’t be treated as a business enterprise – The Guardian
“The Freddy Patel case shows how market forces inevitably lead to creeping deregulation if applied to the legal system.”
The Guardian, 29th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cleveland Police review 90 cases after officer arrested – BBC News
“Investigators are reviewing 90 cases in the Cleveland Police force area after the arrest of a former scenes of crime officer.”
BBC News, 28th August 2012
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An injustice that won’t go away – The Independent
“A 1988 murder led to the conviction of three innocent men. Now ‘Panorama’ looks again at the role of the police.”
The Independent, 12th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man jailed for 16 years could be freed through fresh DNA evidence – The Guardian
“A man who has spent almost 16 years in prison for a crime he always denied committing may soon be freed after DNA traces from another man persuaded investigators to refer his case to the court of appeal.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Closure of forensic archive a ‘shambles’, experts warn – BBC News
“The closure of the forensic science archive in England and Wales will cause miscarriages of justice and stop police solving crimes, senior politicians, scientists and lawyers have warned.”
BBC News, 18th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Hundreds’ of miscarriage of justice claims over legal advice failings – Law Society’s Gazette
“Hundreds of asylum seekers and refugees convicted of immigration-related offences such as failure to produce a passport may have been the victims of miscarriages of justice, the Gazette can reveal.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th June 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Barry George in compensation case – BBC News
“Barry George, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando, can fight a test case for compensation, a judge has ruled.”
BBC News, 18th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sam Hallam: the cost of failure – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“Imagine that and you are 17-years-old and wrongly convicted! Yesterday, the Court of Appeal quashed Sam Hallam’s conviction for murder by joint enterprise after he had served seven years of a life sentence. He is now 24. He has been inside since before Take That announced they would reform and before Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire became the highest grossing film of 2005. He has missed the 2008 Olympics and Diversity winning #BGT. He will not have been Facebooking his mates or hanging out with girls. He has no employment history, no iPhone and his Dad committed suicide whilst he was imprisoned.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th May 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Hallam’s case will send shockwaves through criminal justice system – The Guardian
“Today’s miscarriages of justice are caused by ineptitude or dishonesty by police. Tomorrow’s may be caused by underpaid defence lawyers.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sam Hallam murder conviction officially quashed – The Guardian
“A young man who spent more than seven years in jail for a murder he insists he did not commit has had his conviction quashed by judges.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sam Hallam released after seven years in prison – The Guardian
“Sam Hallam became one of the youngest victims of a miscarriage of justice on Wednesday when the court of appeal released him after he served seven years for murder.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Miscarriages of justice may be out of fashion, but they haven’t gone away – The Guardian
“Breakthroughs in cases such as Susan May and Sam Hallam are rare but what to do about alleged wrong convictions is the subject of much debate.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Parents reunited with baby after court rules fractures were caused by rickets – The Guardian
“A couple accused of abusing their baby after 17 fractures were discovered have welcomed a court ruling which found that the fractures were not caused by abuse but by the bone-weakening disease rickets.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Our criminal review body has led to dozens of convictions quashed – The Guardian
“The Home Office had abjectly failed victims of miscarriage. The CCRC is putting that right.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fighting miscarriages of justice in the age of reality TV – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“What is your idea of a miscarriage of justice? Is it that Laura Johnson is likely to go to prison for ferrying rioters about or that the Guantanamo five will be executed if (most think when) found guilty by a military court. For some it is that people are sent to prison on weak or uncorroborated evidence. For others it is the limitations placed by the Court of Appeal on reviewing convictions.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 10th April 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Michael Mansfield: ‘Risk of miscarriages of justice as great as ever’ – The Guardian
“At the Guardian’s Open Weekend, Michael Mansfield QC warns against imagining that miscarriages of justice are something that have declined since famous confession-based cases of the 1980s. In today’s world, where faulty forensic evidence is more likely to be the problem, he worries about access to justice, pointing the finger at the emasculation of the legal aid system by successive governments and a renewed attempt to erode the right to trial by jury.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
