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The headlines about Chris Kaba tell us more about the society and media in this country than his killing
In her monthly column, Penny Pepper describes the aftermath of a terrifying break-in, which she fears may have been a disability hate crime
Byline Times investigation finds that 40% of all sexual offences committed by Royal Air Force personnel between 2014 and 2024 involved children
The inquiry has dismissed the increasing body of concern around the legitimacy of the verdicts as “noise”. It is anything but
The Centre for Women’s Justice has released a damning report based on the testimony of more than 200 women who allege attacks by their police officer partners
“‘Lessons learned’ is an entirely vacuous phrase if lessons aren’t being learned” warns new report after a series of deadly warnings were ignored
The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on how journalism is still failing to challenge the structural forces of patriarchy and misogyny
Newly-released figures expose the huge hurdles that victims and their families face in order to get justice
The Government is refusing to reveal how many complaints have been made by inmates and guards
Christian Weaver represented the family of Awaab Ishak who died from a condition caused by black mould in his family’s social housing flat
Out of the 10,641 convictions for sexual offence cases last year, at least 7,500 were related to the abuse of children under the age of 18 – 1,635 involved victims who were under 13
Keir Starmer was applauded for appointing a prisons minister who believes only a ‘third of inmates should actually be in jail’. Where was this mantra when the PM declared rioters should feel ‘the full force of the law’?
Jan Cruickshank alleged that a male workmate sexually harassed her in person and via text messages for three years before raping her in spring 2015.
A report by the Children’s Commissioner found that kids as young as eight have been strip-searched every 14 hours under police stop and search powers
We must be honest about the fact that it is not only fringe rabble-rousers who have engaged in this damaging rhetoric, writes Adeeb Ayton
The Government must urgently put in place greater security measures for those targeted by far-right hate
The Justice Minister has said the Government will ‘make sure’ that anyone jailed over the riots has a ‘prison place waiting for them’
The decision not to syndicate the most famous moments of news broadcasting in recent years would likely cost the BBC millions of pounds in royalties, a source told Byline Times
‘The lack of perspective that’s generated by the mainstream press and the lack of reasonable accounting for mainstream news media this week has been simply appalling’
As Andrew Malkinson’s case shows, the Criminal Cases Review Commission has become an organisation obsessed with hitting key performance indicators – mainly relating to deadlines and ‘closing’ files, writes Jon Robins
The trial and sentencing of the protesters has been described as a “low point in British justice” and an “assault on free speech”
The salaries of specialist probation officers who manage sex offenders are being cut – and 77% say they plan to leave the job
David Meller CBE allegedly appeared to acknowledge on the recording that the money belonged to Michael Sherwood and asked that the request be kept “secret”
A lawyer with 25 years of experience in the criminal justice system critiques the “underwhelming” pledges made in party manifestos
The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on the most common mainstream myths around women and sexual assault that are perpetuated through journalism
Private eye at heart of phone-hacking scandal claims he was wrongly convicted twice for same crime as he launches “vindicating” book
Adam Crozier came close to losing his job at The Telegraph in 1987 after changing advertising records to “enhance” his reputation
National Audit Office figures show MoJ way off target of reducing court case backlog by more than 14,000 cases and more than 6,000 are two years or more old
With news that senior Murdoch executives now face a civil trial, Peter Jukes looks back on a decade of deceit
Despite a raft of public scandals involving government corruption and negligence, there is still no adequate statutory framework to bring those guilty of misconduct in a public office to account
The Australian Prime Minister has urged Biden to let the WikiLeaks founder return home, as he waits in London’s Belmarsh prison for his next court hearing
Byline Times finds library of ‘upskirting’ images available at leading photo agencies following Laurence Fox incident involving Narinder Kaur
Serco and G4S overcharged the Ministry of Justice for the same service – then the MOJ tried to hide from the House of Lords that it gave both firms new contracts
New evidence suggests that Murdoch’s company targeted politicians of every rank, including the Attorney General and Chancellor