empowerinnocentAug 22, 202211 min readWhy will the CCRC not investigate Walid Habib’s alleged wrongful conviction?In this article, Phoenix Gay Xue Ke considers Walid Habib's application to the CCRC and its refusal to investigate his alleged wrongful...
empowerinnocentAug 22, 20224 min readWhy I do not think Robin Garbutt murdered his wife and my friend, Diana GarbuttRobin and Diana Garbutt In this article, Barry Conachy questions the police investigation into the murder of his friend, Diana Garbutt,...
empowerinnocentAug 11, 202210 min readYork St John Law Clinic urge the CCRC to refer Robin Garbutt's conviction to the Court of AppealThe following letter was posted to Helen Pitcher, Chair, CCRC, on the 10th August. It reports on an investigation by law students at York...
empowerinnocentAug 4, 202238 min readInnocent - no case to answer: But why won't the CCRC refer the case of Clive Freeman?Clive Freeman In this article, Bill Robertson delves deep into the CCRC's rejection of four applications by Clive Freeman, in his 35th...
empowerinnocentJul 29, 202244 min readWhy the CCRC must be urgently reformed: A case study of Robin Garbutt’s alleged wrongful convictionRobin Garbutt In this article, Sophie Hawkins presents a detailed analysis of the Statement of Reasons issued by the Criminal Cases...
empowerinnocentJul 21, 202216 min readRobin Garbutt case: Jane Metcalfe replies to Helen Pitcher's, Chair, CCRC, reply to her Open LetterBelow 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...
empowerinnocentJul 5, 202218 min readCampaigning for the release of Jeremy Bamber: Why has it been so difficult to free an innocent man?In this article, Bill Robertson reflects critically on his experiences of working with Jeremy Bamber's campaign team. He concludes that...
empowerinnocentJun 29, 20227 min readJeremy Bamber and the CCRC's deference to the flawed pathology evidence of Dr Peter VanezisDr Peter Vanezis MB, ChB, DMJ(Path), MD, PhD, member of the Royal College of Pathologists and a Fellow of the college (FRCPath); member...
empowerinnocentJun 9, 202216 min readIs Robin Garbutt innocent?Robin and Diana Garbutt Diana Garbutt was brutally bludgeoned to death with an iron bar on 23rd March 2010. Her husband, Robin Garbutt,...
empowerinnocentMay 30, 20221 min read‘Report of the Symposium on the Reform of the CCRC.' (Printed by LexisNexis) Click here for the Report: http://www.innocencenetwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CCRC-Symposium-Report.pdf Contributors: Dr...
empowerinnocentMay 17, 202219 min readAn Open Letter to Helen Pitcher, Chair, CCRC, about the rejection of Robin’s Garbutt’s applicationHelen Pitcher Posted by registered post to Helen Pitcher, 17 May 2022. An Open Letter to Helen Pitcher, Chair, Criminal Cases Review...
empowerinnocentMay 11, 20222 min readBook: Criminal Cases Review Commission: Hope for the Innocent? (Edited by Michael Naughton)Click here to order on Amazon. Synopsis This book, now in paperback, focuses on the world’s first publicly-funded body to review alleged...
empowerinnocentMay 6, 202214 min readCCRC in the dog house?In this article, Bill Robertson explores allegations of CCRC failures in its review of the convictions to brother and sister, Paul and...
empowerinnocentMar 25, 202214 min read“Your application to the Commission begins with a presumption of guilt, not innocence”In this article, Bill Robertson reports on a further FoI request to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the last resort for...
empowerinnocentMar 21, 20228 min readWestminster Commission, Miscarriages of Justice: Please forgive me, but I won’t be holding my breathAlmost two decades of research on miscarriages of justice and wrongful convictions, and over a decade of direct engagements with the...
empowerinnocentMar 17, 20225 min readCriminal Cases Review Commission must be reformed, say campaignersThis article is republished on CCRC Watch 10 years after it first appeared in The Guardian. It is as relevant today as the day it was...
empowerinnocentMar 13, 202213 min readThe failings of the Criminal Cases Review Commission in the case of Mark OsborneMy name is Julie Major, I am an NHS worker and an online law degree student with the Open University. I am advocating for my friend Mark...
empowerinnocentMar 7, 20227 min readWhy the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is no champion of justiceWhen the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) was announced, following a recommendation of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice...
empowerinnocentMar 1, 202221 min readIs the CCRC implicated in 36 years of deception in the case of Jeremy Bamber?In this detailed evaluation of the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s (CCRC) handling of Jeremy Bamber’s 2004 failed appeal, Bill...
empowerinnocentFeb 23, 20224 min readHas anyone at the CCRC got the time, please?I was astonished to learn earlier this week that the CCRC keeps no records at all on how much time that it spends working on cases. Such...
