Cognitive bias in the justice system is ‘widespread’ and ‘hidden’, according to a new research paper which argues that it is more difficult to deal with than the ‘easy to detect’ intentional bias of a ...

With today’s ruling, pressure is mounting for compensation, institutional reform, and potentially a public inquiry. For Hayes ...

Missing forensic evidence looks to jeopardise the trial of convicted rapist Dominique Pelicot for a 1991 murder case in which ...

The Single Justice Procedure (SJP) was introduced a decade ago to enable ‘minor’ offences to be dealt with in closed ...

The final convictions of members of the so-called ‘Stockwell Six’ have been overturned at the court of appeal almost half a ...

Currently, the maximum amount of compensation payable under the miscarriage of justice system in England and Wales is £1 ...

Appeal judges are due to hear the 12th appeal of a wrongful conviction related to the corrupt and racist British Transport ...

When her grandson died, Julie called Mark to talk strategy. But Mark, hearing the grief in her voice, said: ‘ Sod the CCRC. Let’s worry about you.’ ‘ He’s a good man,’ she says. They speak a few times ...

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 ...

The number of cases stuck for more than two years under review at the Criminal Cases Review Commission has topped a hundred for the first time, more than doubling in the last five years. In the CCRC’s ...