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WEBIn this issue: The Birmingham Four, The Post Office scandal, Joint Enterprise, Jason MoorePLUS Emily Dugan on the shocking story of Andrew Malkinson's 17 year fight for justice.
Sam Hallam: ‘It should never have happened…’ - The Justice Gap
WEBMay 16, 2012 · REPORT: Sam Hallam was ‘the victim of a serious miscarriage of justice’, writes Kim Evans. So said Henry Blaxland QC in his opening address to the Court of Appeal today. According to the barrister, representing the Hallam family, such a judicial blunder was brought about by unreliable identification evidence; the apparent failure of his ...
‘A victim of British Injustice’: Derek Bentley remembered
WEBJan 30, 2020 · In 1953 Derek Bentley, aged 19, was convicted of the murder of PC Sidney Miles and sentenced to death. It is the most infamous example of the use of joint enterprise law. Bentley was found guilty despite neither possessing nor firing a gun and giving himself to the police without violence. His co-defendant Christopher Craig, who fired the gun ...
‘Not only a right, but a duty’: A history of perverse verdicts
WEBMay 1, 2018 · In 1771, John Adams – who would be the second President of the USA, and the country’s first Veep – wrote, of the juror, ‘It is not only his right, but his duty … to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment, and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction of the court.’. And in 1920, the great ...
How misuse of DNA evidence has led to miscarriages of justice
WEBJan 27, 2017 · DNA analysis has revolutionised forensic science; helping to catch prolific murderers and shining a light on miscarriages of justice that have seen innocent people wrongfully convicted of serious crimes. Such is the power of DNA to identify, convict, and exonerate, that many perceive it to be infallible.
Appeal judges review ‘Lady in the Lake’ murder
WEBNov 7, 2019 · Jon is editor of the Justice Gap. He is a criminology lecturer at Brighton University and a freelance journalist. Books include Justice in a Time of Austerity (Bristol University Press, 2021), Guilty Until Proven Innocent (Biteback, 2018), The First Miscarriage of Justice (Waterside Press, 2014), The Justice Gap (LAG, 2009) and People Power (Daily Telegraph/LawPack, 2008).
Sex work in a pandemic: criminalising survival - The Justice Gap
WEBDec 22, 2020 · Despite this, sex work remains a criminalised profession that is not recognised as legitimate work. The pandemic further exposes the injustice caused to sex workers by outdated laws and policies. Danielle Worden reports on the rise of survival sex. Since 2010, the UK government has embarked on a severe programme of public spending cuts known as ...
Ben Geen: Statisticians back former nurse’s in last chance to clear ...
WEBApr 10, 2020 · Mick Geen, father of Ben Geen. Leading statisticians have come out in support of a former nurse serving 30 years for murder in a final attempt to clear his name. The miscarriage of justice watchdog is expected to decide whether or not to refer the case of Ben Geen, currently in HMP Frankland, back …
Most people believe sentencing is too soft despite 25 years of …
WEBJan 25, 2022 · More than three-quarters of the public believe that sentencing in England and Wales is too lenient (76%). According to a survey conducted as part of the Prison Reform Trust’s latest Bromley Briefing Prison Factfile also found that three-quarters of respondents (75%) believed sentences had become shorter in length despite sentence inflation since 1996.
Impact statements may raise ‘unrealistic expectations’ for victims
WEBNov 22, 2013 · A new code allowing victims to read out their own impact statements in court may make little difference to the victims or to sentencing, according to a leading barrister.. The new victim’s code recently introduced by the government gives victims the right to explain in their own words how a crime has affected them.. Defence Barrister, Oscar Del Fabbro said: ‘There is a big question mark in ...