The miscarriage of justice watchdog is to revisit more than 1,200 previously closed murder and rape cases following an internal review. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) announced in April ...
The Home Secretary has announced plans for new ‘Respect Orders’ to handle anti-social behaviour, with offenders facing up to two years in prison. These new powers include the ability to ban ‘hooligans ...
The ongoing inquiry into events at the Countess of Chester hospital in the wake of the conviction of Lucy Letby has heard from a doctor who believes that the nurse may have harmed babies before June ...
Over half of people think prisons are ‘not at all’ or ‘not very’ effective according to a new survey. The research, just published by the Sentencing Academy revealed a significant lack of knowledge ...
Two Metropolitan Police Officers could face criminal charges after a crash with an unmarked police car caused the death of a pregnant woman and her unborn baby. The woman, aged 38, whose name has not ...
Nisha Waller and Tehreem Sultan 22 Nov Miscarriages of Justice ...
Prisoners are being forced to live in ‘appalling and sometimes inhumane’ conditions according to a new investigation into the ‘crumbling’ prison estate. It has found that conditions in prisons across ...
The Ministry of Justice has published an urgent improvement plan for HMP Winchester, after a damning report by the Prisons watchdog, HM inspectorate of Prison, in October 2024. The plan will allow the ...
The recent acquittal of Metropolitan Police firearms officer Martyn Blake has sparked critical conversations about police accountability and prosecution decisions in the criminal legal system. Blake ...
A cross-party group of MPs has called for an end to legal threats that are used to silence whistle-blowers and journalists. These legal warnings, known as strategic legal actions against public ...
Last week, defendants in custody could not attend Isleworth Crown Court because the court’s cells were ‘too cold’. Issues with heating resulted in freezing conditions in the cells at Isleworth on two ...
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 ...