Evidence in a rape trial was dismissed after a judge branded a police officer an “evasive and not credible” witness.
Judge Lady Scott revealed that she had barred the jury from hearing Jake Hawkins, 22, police interview after calling the questioning of him “wholly improper”.
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 […]
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In a long-awaited and recently issued judgement, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the refusal by the British government to compensate victims of miscarriage of justice is lawful. The case was brought by Sam Hallam and Victor Nealon, whose stories will be familiar to those who regularly visit this website. The two […]
An article in The Guardian this week suggests that permitting juries to return verdicts by majority results in miscarriages of justice. The article examines the problem in the context of England and Wales. Here in Scotland, we can only look with envy at that. In England and Wales the minimum “split” for a guilty verdict […]