MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE: FACTS AND FIGURES
We are a new charity set up in June 2023 to promote a criminal justice system that prevents miscarriages of justice and one that is willing to correct them.
We provide the secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Miscarriages of Justice.
Our directors include Barry Sheerman, former chair of the APPG on Miscarriages of Justice; Glyn Maddocks KC, a leading criminal appeals specialist with more than 30 years’ experience; Dr Jon Robins, journalist and criminology lecturer at Brighton University; and Sue James, chief executive of the Legal Action Group.
The aim of the Future Justice Project is to discuss, debate and agree upon evidence-based policy recommendations that would:
- assist the prevention of wrongful convictions and their correction
- raise the profile of issues relating to miscarriages of justice including informing the public, the media and policy-makers,
challenge conventional wisdom, and - contribute towards the improved functioning of the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
The work of the FJP is organised through five committees:
- Science and the Courts committee
- Legal Profession
- Media committee
- Criminal Appeals committee
- Legal Policy committee
We are grateful for the support of the international law firm Simpson Thacher Bartlett and, in particular, London managing partner Jason Glover and partner Nicholas Shaw.
