The Justice Gap - Know Your Rights
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The site is run by Jon Robins. Jon is a journalist and has written about the law and justice for the national papers and specialist press for 15 years. Jon won the Bar Council's legal reporter of the year award in 2015.
The Justice Gap - Know Your Rights
3h ago
Andrew Malkinson has attacked the ‘racist’ jury system which he blamed for his own wrongful conviction at the launch of a report calling for the reinstatement of jury unanimity. The legal charity APPEAL has identified at least 56 wrongful convictions in which there has been a split verdict including Winston Trews and Dr David Sellu ..read more
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14h ago
Supporters of Jeremy Bamber are set to stage a protest outside the offices of the miscarriage of justice watchdog in Birmingham this afternoon, demanding swifter and fairer treatment for the wrongfully imprisoned. The human rights activist Peter Tatchell said that the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has failed to force Essex Police to disclose ‘hundreds ..read more
The Justice Gap - Know Your Rights
3d ago
At least 56 miscarriages of justice have been the result of majority verdicts, research by the charity Appeal has found. Majority verdicts, which allow for convictions even when two jurors find the defendant innocent, account for approximately one in eight crown court convictions. At least 56 of these convictions have since been quashed. Since data ..read more
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4d ago
Alarm has been raised about the prospect of possible widespread miscarriages of justice across the US and the Bahamas after the exoneration of a man who had been convicted of murder on the basis of inaccurate DNA evidence. The highest court in Bermuda ruled last week that Julian Washington, who was convicted in 2014 for ..read more
The Justice Gap - Know Your Rights
5d ago
A quarter of prisoners in England and Wales are sharing cells designed for just one person according to new figures from the Ministry of Justice. As reported in The Guardian, 11,018 cells designed for one person were being shared by two prisoners, and 18 one-person cells were being shared by three prisoners. Steve Gillan, head ..read more
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1w ago
A seventh inmate has died in a two month period at a Welsh Prison. HMP Parc, near Bridgend, has seen a drastic increase in deaths of prisoners, with the latest due to be investigated by the prisons ombudsman. 47 year old Wayne Hay died at the prison on Tuesday As previously reported by Justice Gap ..read more
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1w ago
A Guardian report has revealed that the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is using interns to trawl for potential miscarriages of justice in their files following the exoneration of Andy Malkinson. The body, which is tasked with overturning wrongful convictions, recently announced that they were undertaking a forensic trawling exercise to identify similar cases ..read more
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1w ago
The prison watchdog has told MPs they are putting plans on hold to build more prison spaces for women. This decision is reportedly due to ‘fiscal challenges’ arising from ‘high levels of inflation,’ which means taking the ‘responsible approach’ to pausing plans to build whilst considering the impact of these pressures. The plans had sought ..read more
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1w ago
Civil servants may be able to bring legal action against the government over objections to the Rwanda asylum scheme. The FDA, a trade union representing some civil service workers, is suing the government over the plans. They claim a direction to send asylum seekers to Rwanda would breach international law, which would leave workers in ..read more
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1w ago
Police and prosecutors were relying on rap lyrics and videos in court to do the ‘heavily lifting’ in ‘gang’ prosecutions against young black men and boys for crimes in which many played ‘no significant role’, according to a new review which also highlights the misuse of joint enterprise. A new study (Compound Injustice) drew on ..read more