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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Police have identified two more suspects in the ongoing Post Office investigation, who have been interviewed under caution. Four suspects have now been identified as part of the Horizon IT scandal ...
Veterans who served at British nuclear testing sites from 1952 to 1991 are asking for justice as newly declassified documents suggest that they were used as ‘lab rats’ to monitor the effects of ...