Kim Evans has spent 31 years working at the sharp end of the criminal justice system - the last ten years in the cells of East Sussex police stations defending people in custody. ‘I'd guesstimate that ...

An Important Message to University Law Students: Innocence Projects are Not Immune ‘ Price Competitive Tendering (PCT) in criminal legal aid will inevitably lead to a surge in applications to ...

Wrongful convictions hit the headlines every now and then: the Guildford Four, Barry George and Sally Clark. But those who successfully appeal the length or nature of their sentence receive very ...

The recent quashing of Teina Pora’s murder conviction and payment of $2.5 million compensation for the 20 years he served in jail, raises questions about how often the New Zealand justice system is ...

Giving evidence during a criminal trial can be a daunting prospect for anybody and this is only likely to be magnified for those who are classed as vulnerable and who are complainants in sex cases.

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Almost lost amid the avalanche of publicity which accompanied the release of the Birmingham Six on 14 March 1991 was an announcement from Home Secretary Kenneth Baker MP. A Royal Commission was to be ...

Murder is to intentionally take another’s life. For such a heinous crime there must be an equally severe punishment. Something to hurt the perpetrator, deter others and protect society from further ...

On October 5, 1974 two public houses in Guildford, Surrey were bombed by the IRA without warning causing five deaths and over 60 injuries of varying severity. The bombs were placed in the pubs with ...

Lawyers who represented the men and women wrongly convicted of the Birmingham and Guildford pub bombings this week warned about a return to ‘the bad old days’, called for ‘a complete reconstruction’ ...

Leading statisticians have come out in support of a former nurse serving 30 years for murder in a final attempt to clear his name. The miscarriage of justice watchdog is expected to decide whether or ...

Khobaib Hussain, Naweed Ali, Mohibur Rahman and Tahir Aziz are presently serving long sentences for being part of a terrorist plot. They claim to have been fitted up by undercover police officers. The ...