How misuse of DNA evidence has led to miscarriages of justice
Jan 27, 2017 · The web page discusses how DNA analysis can be misleading or biased in criminal cases, and gives four examples of wrongful convictions. One of them is Adam Scott, who was falsely accused of raping a woman in Manchester based on contaminated DNA evidence.
Guildford Four: how the innocent were framed and the truth buried
Mar 6, 2020 · The web page tells the story of the Guildford Four, four young people wrongfully convicted of IRA bombings in 1974-5 based on coerced confessions and withheld evidence. It also reveals the cover-up and the secrecy of the police and the government in the aftermath of their release and the public inquiry.
‘A victim of British Injustice’: Derek Bentley remembered
Jan 30, 2020 · Derek Bentley was hanged in 1953 for a crime he did not commit, despite his co-defendant firing the gun. His case sparked a campaign to abolish the death penalty and exposed the flawed joint enterprise law.
Cheshire West case: ‘A gilded cage is still a cage’ - The Justice Gap
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 Surrey County Council (Respondent) [2014] UKSC 19.The AIRE Centre (represented by Leigh Day and Co) was an intervener in ...
Remand Decision-Making: what is going wrong? – The Justice Gap
Dec 14, 2023 · The article examines the report by JUSTICE on the legal and practical issues of remanding people in custody in England. It highlights the high and growing number of remand prisoners, the lack of fairness and reasons in decisions, the poor conditions and risks of remand, and the alternatives to remand.
‘Not only a right, but a duty’: A history of perverse verdicts
May 1, 2018 · The web page explores the concept of perverse verdicts, when juries ignore the law or the evidence and acquit defendants. It cites examples from the UK and the US, such as Clive Ponting, who leaked documents about the Falklands War, and Michael Randle and Pat Pottle, who helped George Blake escape.
The Tottenham 3: the legacy of the Broadwater Farm riot
Jul 13, 2018 · ‘The machete death case’ On the January 14, 1987, all six faced trial in court 2 of the Old Bailey. The Crown didn’t seek to prove who struck the fatal blow, they proceeded on the basis this was a joint enterprise murder.
Bamber: ‘significant’ new evidence revealed in Whitehouse farms …
Jul 31, 2024 · A fresh investigation into the case of Jeremy Bamber, convicted of murdering his family in 1985, has revealed ‘significant evidence’ and police failings that may indicate he was wrongly convicted.
Disclosure failures: Causes, controversies and challenges
Nov 20, 2019 · In March 2018, I approached the editors of the International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice to discuss having a special issue dedicated to the pressing topic of disclosure failures in England and Wales. This special issue, entitled Disclosure failures in England and Wales: Causes, controversies and challenges, has now been released.. Failures around pre-trial disclosure have gained much ...
Doreen Lawrence: the mother who changed the justice system
Mar 29, 2019 · A very public inquest took place the next year. The verdict was unlawful killing in a completely unprovoked racist attack by five youths. In 1997, four years after Stephen had been murdered the whole country felt they knew who exactly had done it, the front page of the Daily Mail making the public sure but yet they were still walking free.. Doreen and her family had never been satisfied with ...