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Some reflections on Jeremy Bamber’s April 2024 article about the CCRC's handling of his latest application
Jeremy Bamber Jeremy Bamber has written a highly informative article about his experiences in dealing with the CCRC over a long period of...
Jeremy Bamber's assessment of the CCRC's handling of his 3rd application: "The Criminal Cases Review Commission are no longer fit for purpose and, perhaps, they never were."
Jeremy Bamber My name is Jeremy Bamber, and I was remanded in custody to Norwich prison on 29 September 1985. I have remained in prison,...
Jeremy Bamber case update: Three years on from his latest application to the CCRC and no end in sight
Jeremy Bamber The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) normally claims that 85% of cases are reviewed in less than a year; however it...
University research project: "Exploring applicants’ experience of the Criminal Cases Review Commission"
Convicted individuals’ experiences of accessing the justice system via the CCRC, and of seeking legal advice to assist with applications...
Innocent: Failed by the CCRC
JOIN US! Innocent: Failed by the CCRC (An alliance of those fighting for justice) Demonstration Where: Outside the offices of the...
Is Mr Bates vs the Post Office reviving a wider public concern for alleged innocent victims of wrongful convictions that was lost with the setting up of the CCRC and what about Robin Garbutt?
Introduction I remember Gerry Conlon once saying to me that he was glad that he was wrongly convicted in England rather than his native...
Post Office/Horizon injustices: Jane Metcalfe sends an Open Email to the Attorney General and the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice re Robin Garbutt's alleged wrongful conviction
The village shop and post office run by Robin Garbutt and his wife Diana (Di) in Melsonby, North Yorkshire. Dear Ms Prentis and Mr Chalk,...
Not Fit For Purpose
Mr. Olagunju This article embodies extracts from my recently published book: Justice? No Chance! A True Story Of Perjury And Injustice....
Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC): Can we trust case workers to review applications fairly?
This article is based on the Freedom of Information (FoI) request I made to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) in 2022. It...
White House Farm murders: Will CCRC dare to interview the invisible policemen who know the truth?
Jeremy Bamber Since its creation, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has spent over 13 years at very considerable cost...
Would the CCRC refuse to refer the case of the innocent boys accused of the Confait murder?
Colin Lattimore, 18, Ronnie Leighton, 15, and Ahmed Salih, 14, were held without a lawyer or contact with a parent or guardian and then...
Sheila Caffell predicted the murders at White House Farm – is the CCRC not interested?
Sheila Caffell with her twin sons Remarkably, Jeremy Bamber’s sister, Sheila Caffell, penned an account of what would happen at White...
The White House Farm tragedy case construction: Are the CCRC unable to see the wood for the trees?
White House Farm at Tolleshunt d'Arcy, Essex All senior police officers leading an investigation into a serious crime are acutely aware...
Why the CCRC would not have referred the case of Kevin Callan even though he was innocent of murder
Kevin Callan with his Mother and Father outside the Court of Appeal when he overturned his wrongful conviction Kevin Callan achieved a...
Forensic evidence: The fox guards the chickens
The case of Andy Malkinson highlights a serious problem in the criminal justice system, that of the police seizing and having control...
CCRC enters a state of suspended animation following the Malkinson furore?
Convicted murderer Robin Garbutt recently (27 July) wrote an open letter to the CCRC Chairman Helen Pitcher, pointing out various aspects...
Is the CCRC addicted to issuing false statements?
"There are so many falsehoods in that brief statement it is hard to know where to begin." On the same day that CCRC Watch highlighted...
Andrew Malkinson scandal: CCRC untruths, untruths, and more untruths
Andrew Malkinson The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) exists to establish the truth. How ironic that what it does more often than...
Annotated feedback on the Law Commission's expanded Terms of Reference by Dr Michael Naughton
In July 2022, the Government asked the Law Commission of England and Wales to review the law relating to appeals in criminal cases,...
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