The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which investigates potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has launched an online library of every case it has sent back to the courts since 1997. The CCRC Case Library allows users to search, filter, and read brief summa
Miscarriages Of Justice
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
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.