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David Lammy’s Plans to Scrap Automatic Right to Appeal Risk ‘Increasing Miscarriages of Justice’
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing “vital safeguards” and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
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Will a Police Officer Sacked and Jailed for a Violent Assault Finally Be Able to Clear His Name?
After years of inaction, the Criminal Case Review Commission has finally referred the case of PC Danny Major to the Court of Appeal
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‘How Our Tough-On-Crime Media Is Harming Unborn Babies’
The media is often more interested in what led to mothers being jailed than in the safety of the babies they’re forced to have behind bars, argues Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
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The Axel Rudakubana Southport Murder ‘Cover Up’ Conspiracy Theories Debunked
Despite what you may have read in parts of the media, this case showed our criminal justice system is as objective and robust as ever, argues lawyer Gareth Roberts
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The Next Big Injustice Scandal? Allegations of ‘Blood on Government’s Hands’ as Thousands of Prisoners Remain Locked Up Despite Serving Time
These are enough people still locked up who’ve served their sentences to fill four UK prisons, according to new figures
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Probation Officers Speak Out About the Crisis in Managing Offenders
The Probation Service, still reeling from Chris Graylings catastrophic reforms, is another crumbling pillar of the criminal justice system
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‘The Andrew Malkinson Scandal Exposes a Justice System that Fails the Wrongly Accused’
The UK’s miscarriages of justice watchdog failed to protect Malkinson, who remained in jail for 17 years for a crime he didn’t commit
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