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...
empowerinnocentFeb 6, 20233 min readRay Gilbert complains to the CCRC regarding possible breaches of data protection lawsRay Gilbert This posting reports a complaint that Ray Gilbert made to the CCRC on the 30th September 2022. It concerns possible breaches...
empowerinnocentFeb 2, 202312 min readIs there CCRC deception involved in referring the case of Andrew Malkinson?Andrew Malkinson The Criminal Cases Review Commission (“CCRC”) has announced that the case of Andrew Malkinson is being referred to the...
empowerinnocentJan 27, 202312 min readCCRC Chairman Helen Pitcher blusters and embellishes over the case of Andy MalkinsonAndrew Malkinson First, the good news is that Andy Malkinson’s case has finally been referred to the Court of Appeal. Mr. Malkinson was...
empowerinnocentJan 25, 20237 min readA Media Witch-Hunt and the Imprisonment of an Innocent Teenager? The Ongoing Case of Luke MitchellLuke Mitchell This article relates to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC), the 2nd such post-appeal body to be...
empowerinnocentJan 23, 202313 min readWhat if the CCRC had unlimited funding?A submission to the Law Commission's review of the appeals system Introduction A UK Government and Parliament Petition emerged recently...
empowerinnocentJan 20, 20233 min readWhy was Ray Gilbert's Statement of Innocence rejected by the CCRC without any investigation?Ray Gilbert Ray Gilbert is currently one of the most high profile alleged victims of wrongful conviction and imprisonment. He has been...
empowerinnocentJan 20, 202318 min readJeremy Bamber case: The additional injuries to the adult victims not disclosed at trialIs the CCRC just a plaything for dilettante Chairman Helen Pitcher[1]? Under her control the ‘Miscarriage of Justice Watchdog’ seemingly...
empowerinnocentJan 2, 202312 min readDNA and the Robin Garbutt case: Is the CCRC possibly assisting a murderer to escape justice?Diana Garbutt In 2019, the CCRC was given DNA evidence suggesting that the person who murdered Diana Garbutt could have been a police...
empowerinnocentDec 29, 20222 min readTheorising miscarriages of justiceNaughton, M. (2022) ‘Theorising miscarriages of justice.’ Islamic Perspective. Published by the Institute for Critical Social Theory....
empowerinnocentDec 13, 202214 min readClive Freeman's claim of innocence: Shape, size and cause of the bruise in a “protected” location On the 2 May 1989, at the Central Criminal Court, Clive Freeman was convicted of the murder of Alexander Calder Hardie. Mr Freeman was...
empowerinnocentNov 25, 202210 min readJeremy Bamber case: Why has the CCRC failed to consider the Dickinson review for 27 years?A hand-written note made by Dickinson destroys the entire police case against Jeremy Bamber because it shows that PC Myall received a...
empowerinnocentNov 3, 20227 min readThe CCRC – A Kafkaesque Department of Smoke & MirrorsCCRC Statement of Reasons (SoR) rejecting John Bartlett's application When I applied to the CCRC in 2019 to review my 1995 convictions...
empowerinnocentNov 1, 202214 min readThe CCRC – The Dancing Clowns of the British Justice System?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...
empowerinnocentSep 22, 202217 min readCCRC unwilling to investigate my conviction for an alleged sexual assault that never happened?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...
empowerinnocentSep 20, 202244 min readWhy will the CCRC not investigate Ray Gilbert’s claim of innocence for the murder of John Suffield?Ray Gilbert with his results when he passed an eye lie detector test This article considers the five applications to the Criminal Cases...
empowerinnocentAug 31, 20222 min readJane Metcalfe reflects on her two Open Letters to, and replies from, Helen Pitcher, Chair, CCRC 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...
