Jon Robbins, author of the @JusticeGap, proposes that defendants should be given a USB stick with an audio-recording of their trial, which would increase #transparency and could provide a lifeline to the wrongly convicted. #ReimaginingtheLaw https://t.co/3WsguKePWm pic.twitter.com/aSWauQh6KC
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Fifty years ago today, 21 November 1974, the bombs went off in the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty one innocent people were killed, a further 220 injured. That same night, the men who would become known as the Birmingham Six were arrested. What happened to the six is well documented. Much […]
From yesterday’s Guardian we reproduce an article that examines Andy Malkinson’s frustration at the pace, or more accurately the lack of pace, in the settlement of his claim to damages for the 17 years of wrongful imprisonment he endured. You may recall that Mr Malkinson was cleared, last year, of a rape committed in 2003 […]
A year ago yesterday we published our views on the deduction of “saved living expenses” from compensation paid to the victims of miscarriage of justice – or at least to those very few such victims as are actually compensated for their years of wrongful imprisonment. We noted that, in light of a public outcry following […]