The new head of the miscarriages of justice watchdog has said the body is ‘not there to tick a box’ but that a change of ...

Justin Plummer spent more than 27 years protesting his innocence in prison for a savage murder. On July 30, it took less than ...

‘Awful’ conditions persist in Feltham Young Offenders Institute with some boys only being allowed less than an hour out of ...

An independent review into prison capacity, released last month, found the prison system was ‘in crisis’ between autumn 2023 ...

Freeman, who is in his 80s and ill with prostate cancer, applied to the CCRC six times, hoping the body would send his case back to the courts. His previous five applications, the first of which was ...

The bill has been presented as an ‘ambitious package of reforms’ to put the criminal justice system on ‘a more sustainable footing’. The impetus of the bill, a result of the sentencing review by ...

The miscarriage of justice watchdog has for the first time invoked a ‘safety valve’ power to send a case back to the court without having to rely on new evidence. Benjamin Field’s murder conviction ...

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 ...