All-Party Parliamentary Group hosts launch of new report into applicant experiences of the Criminal Cases Review Commission
Two researchers asked people, both in prison and out, about their experiences of trying to overturn their convictions. The findings? Swathes of people unable to access any legal representation to support their application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission; those who could afford it draining savings, re-mortgaging houses and cashing in pensions to pay for […]
Oliver Campbell successfully appeals murder conviction after 34-year fight for justice
Last week, after a more than three decade fight for justice, Oliver Campbell successfully appealed a wrongful conviction for murder. Wrongfully imprisoned in 1991 for murdering a shopkeeper in East London, Campbell spent 11 years in prison. The conviction followed ‘dangerous’ police interview tactics – interviewed 14 times he admitted to the shooting during the […]
PROOF 6: How a watchdog lost its bite
From the latest edition of PROOF magazine. To buy your copy of PROOF 6 ‘The Other Ones’, visit thejusticegap.com. At the end of 2023, the Future Justice Project hosted a meeting of leading figures from the miscarriage of justice world – some had campaigned for the radical reform that led to the establishment of the […]
