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...
empowerinnocentFeb 20, 20226 min readDoes Jeremy Bamber have a human right to be released from prison with immediate effect?The recent application to the miscarriage of justice watchdog on behalf of Jeremy Bamber is based on 347,000 sheets of newly disclosed...
empowerinnocentFeb 15, 20228 min readShould ex police officers be allowed to work as Case Review Managers at the CCRC?The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is the only avenue open to alleged victims of wrongful convictions who wish to challenge...
