Commentaries on current cases, legal changes, and institutional accountability.
Originally reported The Justice Gap on 2025-07-17 07:37:00 by Jenny Evans. Julie Major takes no prisoners. Ironically, that’s precisely the quality you need when you’re fighting to overturn a miscarriage of justice. Jenny Evans writes. She first met Mark ‘Ozzy’…
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…
[ad_1] 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
[ad_1] 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…
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…
[ad_1] 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…