Originally reported The Justice Gap on 2025-07-17 16:42:00 by Samantha Dulieu. The final convictions of members of the so-called ‘Stockwell Six’ have been overturned at the court of appeal almost half a century after they were fitted up by corrupt British Transport Police officer, Derek Ridgewell. Ronald de Souza was convicted in 1972 as one […]
Originally reported The Justice Gap on 2025-07-18 08:26:00 by Jon Robins. The number of cases stuck for more than two years under review at the Criminal Cases Review Commission has topped a hundred for the first time, more than doubling in the last five years. In the CCRC’s latest annual report published yesterday, the new […]
Originally reported The Justice Gap on 2025-07-21 14:53:00. A decade after its introduction, the Single Justice Procedure (SJP)—designed to streamline minor offence cases—has come under fire for enabling widespread miscarriages of justice. New research from Transform Justice exposes how this secretive system, which allows cases to be decided behind closed doors by a single, unelected […]
This report comes from The Justice Gap on 2025-07-22 11:56:00 by Samantha Dulieu. The trial of Dominique Pelicot—convicted rapist and prime suspect in the 1991 murder of 23-year-old Sophie Narme—is now in jeopardy due to missing forensic evidence that was believed to be stored in a Paris courthouse. Narme was raped and strangled in her […]
The appointment of Dame Vera Baird KC as interim chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) marks a pivotal moment for the beleaguered miscarriage of justice watchdog, which has faced months of turmoil following its mishandling of the Andrew Malkinson case. Baird’s appointment, effective from 9 June 2025 to December 2026, comes after a […]
Originally reported The Justice Gap on 2025-07-23 07:09:00 by Alison Beck. In 1991, Oliver Campbell, a 19-year-old with severe learning disabilities, was convicted of murder and conspiracy to rob. He spent 12 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. In 2025, his conviction was finally quashed by the Court of Appeal, following […]
Originally reported False Allegations Watch (FAW) on 2025-07-12 08:22:00. Perverting the Course of Justice: Local Authoritarianism or The Role of Local Authorities in Abortions of Justice top of page bottom of page Updates to follow from our team. Stay informed via #JusticeWatch and share your voice. 🔗 Read the full source article Source domain: empowerinnocent.wixsite.com […]
This report comes from The Justice Gap on 2025-07-23 13:22:00. Getting up at 4.30 am and travelling to London to hear the words of Lord Leggatt was a day we will never forget, writes Professor Claire McGourlay and Fintan Walker. A landmark decision was handed down by the Supreme Court today, the convictions of former city […]
This report comes from False Allegations Watch (FAW) on 2025-07-21 06:56:00. In this article, I will examine the operation and enduring legacy of the IPP sentence, arguing that its continued existence represents one of the most significant miscarriages of justice in the history of our criminal justice system. Before highlighting the inherent flaws of the […]
Originally reported The Justice Gap on 2025-07-29 08:40:00. Cognitive bias in the justice system is ‘widespread’ and ‘hidden’, according to a new research paper which argues that it is more difficult to deal with than the ‘easy to detect’ intentional bias of a few ‘bad apples’. Dr Itiel E Dror, a senior cognitive neuroscience researcher […]