Jon Robins

Jon Robins on the case of Oliver Campbell and what it reveals about our creaking criminal justice system.

Jon Robins on what the imprisonment of the fantasist known as 'Nick' shows about how false allegations can ruin lives.

Jon Robins explores the state of the Criminal Cases Review Commission and the dwindling number of potential miscarriages of justice being referred to the Court of Appeal.

The injustice of how our justice system deals with its own errors was a key theme at the launch of Proof magazine this week.

Jon Robins spends a day at a court in east London where a number of tenants about to be evicted – who should be provided with legal aid – are relying on a duty lawyer.

Jon Robins on why the failure of key evidence to be disclosed in criminal trials in recent years has long been an issue leading to miscarriages of justice.

Chris Grayling's 2013 cuts slashed the legal aid budget by a third – £751 million. Jon Robins examines the toll this is taking on people's everyday lives.

Jon Robins sets out how the erosion of 'access to justice' for huge swathes of social welfare law is having a very real impact on poverty in the UK

Jon Robins explores why Tony Stock has spent more than 40 years fighting to clear his name for an armed robbery a supergrass admits he had nothing to do with.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission provides no effective safety net for victims of a miscarriage of justice – Eddie Gilfoyle is a striking example.

PC Danny Major spent four months in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit. Faced with an unhelpful and inactive miscarriages of justice watchdog, he is still fighting to clear his name.

Jon Robins on how even the intervention of an Appeal Court Judge has failed to help a family caught up in child sexual abuse conviction

Jon Robin’s second account of how the law of joint enterprise “exposes all that is wrong in our justice system”.

Jon Robins from @JusticeGap with another fascinating case of injustice - this time around a law that presumes guilt for bystanders

Ben Geen was caught red-handed - a serial killer, or so it seemed. In the third of his series The Justice Trap, Jon Robins shows how a misreading of statistics led to a life sentence

Two parents took their sick child to hospital. Within hours they were being questioned by police. Two days later, they were in court. Why?

In the first of a new series examining the failings of our criminal justice system, Jon Robins explores why this should matter to us all.

The Supreme Court's ruling that victims of miscarriages of justice can only claim compensation if they can prove their innocence 'beyond reasonable doubt' is a blow to the idea of justice, according to campaigners.