empowerinnocentSep 1, 20233 min readCCRC 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...
empowerinnocentAug 31, 20233 min readIs 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...
empowerinnocentAug 17, 202311 min readAndrew Malkinson scandal: CCRC untruths, untruths, and more untruthsAndrew Malkinson The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) exists to establish the truth. How ironic that what it does more often than...
empowerinnocentAug 9, 202330 min readAnnotated feedback on the Law Commission's expanded Terms of Reference by Dr Michael NaughtonIn July 2022, the Government asked the Law Commission of England and Wales to review the law relating to appeals in criminal cases,...
empowerinnocentJul 28, 20238 min readInnocence Art and the Art of Innocence'Andy Malkinson' by Sean Bw Parker Introduction The purpose of this article is to formally launch the Innocence Art project under the...
empowerinnocentJul 27, 20234 min readRobin Garbutt writes an Open Letter to the Chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)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...
empowerinnocentJul 21, 20234 min readI believe there to be a great miscarriage of justice in the case of Robin Garbutt by Vanessa GoldingMy 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...
empowerinnocentJul 18, 20235 min readPaul Glover – the smoking teapot reveals his innocence!On 21 December 1994, Paul Glover was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment alongside four co-defendants for handling stolen goods as part...
empowerinnocentJul 11, 202319 min readCCRC: Is Terry Smith a victim of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice?Terry Smith In this article we delve into the case of Terry Smith and the refusal of the CCRC to investigate his thoroughly documented...
empowerinnocentMay 16, 20236 min readHow long will the Jeremy Bamber Campaign Team remain in a state of inertia and omerta?Jeremy Bamber is seemingly fortunate to have a group of supporters who proclaim his innocence and maintain a website outlining his claims...
empowerinnocentApr 26, 20234 min readThe Empowering the Innocent (ETI) Conference - 2023The Wills Memorial Building, home to the University of Bristol Law School. The Empowering the Innocent (ETI) organisation was founded by...
empowerinnocentApr 21, 20237 min readThe investigative outlook that the CCRC must developJeremy Bamber Anyone who experiences the CCRC approach to investigating miscarriages of justice soon realises one important thing – the...
empowerinnocentMar 29, 20236 min read PRESS RELEASE: 30 MARCH 2023Abolish s.13 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 ("real possibility test") of the CCRC so innocent victims can overturn their convictions....
empowerinnocentMar 29, 20236 min readWhy is Ray Gilbert innocent?Ray Gilbert with his eye detector test results We know Ray Gilbert made numerous confessions. This is not an unusual occurrence in...
empowerinnocentMar 28, 202323 min readRetired Detective Superintendent Michael Ainsley has died - CCRC must not let justice die with himJeremy Bamber "...all of the information revealed in this article is contained within the files listed above. How did the CCRC miss the...
empowerinnocentMar 24, 202321 min readThe case of Clive Freeman: Why the Criminal Cases Review Commission is in urgent need of reformClive Freeman playing polo Introduction It seems something of a cruel irony that one of Britain’s longest serving alleged victims of...
empowerinnocentMar 17, 20238 min readThe CCRC's scaremongering threats: The manipulation of judicial review in the case of Robin GarbuttIn a previous article ‘Why the CCRC must be urgently reformed: A case study of Robin Garbutt’s alleged wrongful conviction’, Sophie...
empowerinnocentMar 14, 20239 min readTowards a CCRC fit for the 21st CenturyThe present-day structure of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is largely unchanged from that proposed and implemented 25 years...
empowerinnocentMar 1, 202311 min readIs Clive Freeman’s claim of innocence plausible?Dr Richard Shepherd "Why must I always be right when it is the human condition to be wrong sometimes? Answer, because the adversarial...
empowerinnocentFeb 24, 202326 min readIs 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...
