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In July 2022, the Government asked the Law Commission of England and Wales to review the law relating to appeals in criminal cases,...

'Andy Malkinson' by Sean Bw Parker Introduction The purpose of this article is to formally launch the Innocence Art project under the...

Diana (Di) and Robbin Garbutt Dear Helen Pitcher, 13 years ago on the 23rd of March 2010 I was robbed at gunpoint, seconds later I found...

My name is Vanessa Golding. My husband and I were close friends of both Diana and Robin Garbutt. This letter is to highlight some of the...

On 21 December 1994, Paul Glover was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment alongside four co-defendants for handling stolen goods as part...

Terry Smith In this article we delve into the case of Terry Smith and the refusal of the CCRC to investigate his thoroughly documented...

Jeremy Bamber is seemingly fortunate to have a group of supporters who proclaim his innocence and maintain a website outlining his claims...

The Wills Memorial Building, home to the University of Bristol Law School. The Empowering the Innocent (ETI) organisation was founded by...

Jeremy Bamber Anyone who experiences the CCRC approach to investigating miscarriages of justice soon realises one important thing – the...

Ray Gilbert with his eye detector test results We know Ray Gilbert made numerous confessions. This is not an unusual occurrence in...

Jeremy Bamber "...all of the information revealed in this article is contained within the files listed above. How did the CCRC miss the...

Clive Freeman playing polo Introduction It seems something of a cruel irony that one of Britain’s longest serving alleged victims of...

In a previous article ‘Why the CCRC must be urgently reformed: A case study of Robin Garbutt’s alleged wrongful conviction’, Sophie...

The present-day structure of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is largely unchanged from that proposed and implemented 25 years...

Dr Richard Shepherd "Why must I always be right when it is the human condition to be wrong sometimes? Answer, because the adversarial...

Helen Pitcher The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is the last hope for alleged innocent victims of wrongful convictions who fail...

Ray Gilbert This posting reports a complaint that Ray Gilbert made to the CCRC on the 30th September 2022. It concerns possible breaches...

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...