In THIS VIDEO Michael O’Brian, of the Cardiff 3 (Newsagent) gives an insightful account of his own miscarriage of justice experience. Much has been written about this disturbing case, although it’s debatable whether anything has actually been learned from it. Here is Michael’s own take, in a video of just over 24 minutes duration, “An Anatomy of an Injustice”.
Those of you who follow this site, or our social media, will be aware of our friend Jimmy Boyle. Some will know something of his story. Convicted and imprisoned as the result of false and malicious allegations, Jimmy was eventually to secure what passes for justice. But not until the system had extracted from him […]
The decision by the coroner at the Birmingham bombings inquest to exclude from scrutiny the very matters that might have allowed the victims’ families some degree of closure – a decision that also denied justice to Paddy Hill and the other unwitting victims of the atrocity – rendered that exercise effectively pointless and, depending on […]
For miscarriage of justice victims looking to overturn their wrongful convictions, one of the most significant challenges they encounter is the refusal of police and Crown to allow access to crucial evidence that could fatally undermine the case against them. From The Guardian online yesterday (10 July), we reproduce an interesting article that highlights this […]