Is Helen Pitcher, the dilettante Chairman of the CCRC, ‘spinning’ its abolition?
Helen Pitcher The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is the last hope for alleged innocent victims of wrongful convictions who fail...
Helen Pitcher The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is the last hope for alleged innocent victims of wrongful convictions who fail...
Andrew Malkinson The Criminal Cases Review Commission (“CCRC”) has announced that the case of Andrew Malkinson is being referred to the...
Andrew Malkinson First, the good news is that Andy Malkinson’s case has finally been referred to the Court of Appeal. Mr. Malkinson was...
Luke Mitchell This article relates to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC), the 2nd such post-appeal body to be...
A submission to the Law Commission's review of the appeals system Introduction A UK Government and Parliament Petition emerged recently...
Is the CCRC just a plaything for dilettante Chairman Helen Pitcher[1]? Under her control the ‘Miscarriage of Justice Watchdog’ seemingly...
Diana Garbutt In 2019, the CCRC was given DNA evidence suggesting that the person who murdered Diana Garbutt could have been a police...
Naughton, M. (2022) ‘Theorising miscarriages of justice.’ Islamic Perspective. Published by the Institute for Critical Social Theory....
On the 2 May 1989, at the Central Criminal Court, Clive Freeman was convicted of the murder of Alexander Calder Hardie. Mr Freeman was...
A hand-written note made by Dickinson destroys the entire police case against Jeremy Bamber because it shows that PC Myall received a...
CCRC Statement of Reasons (SoR) rejecting John Bartlett's application When I applied to the CCRC in 2019 to review my 1995 convictions...
John Bartlett at a book signing for his first novel Chequered Justice This post is an Open Letter Reply to the CCRC by John Bartlett. It...
Sean Bw Parker was sentenced to 8 and a half years for a rape he says never happened. Introduction In this article, I outline the context...
After two replies (see below) to my Open Letters (see here and here) to Helen Pitcher, Chair, CCRC, I don`t feel there is too much to...
In this article, Phoenix Gay Xue Ke considers Walid Habib's application to the CCRC and its refusal to investigate his alleged wrongful...
Robin and Diana Garbutt In this article, Barry Conachy questions the police investigation into the murder of his friend, Diana Garbutt,...
The following letter was posted to Helen Pitcher, Chair, CCRC, on the 10th August. It reports on an investigation by law students at York...
Clive Freeman In this article, Bill Robertson delves deep into the CCRC's rejection of four applications by Clive Freeman, in his 35th...
Robin Garbutt In this article, Sophie Hawkins presents a detailed analysis of the Statement of Reasons issued by the Criminal Cases...
Below is Jane Metcalfe's reply to Helen Pitcher's, Chair, CCRC, reply to her Open Letter to her on the 17th May 2022. In it she outlined...