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More trials with no jury will disadvantage people of colour, charities warn

Reformers say more judge-only trials in England and Wales could lead to more miscarriages of justice

The Guardian - UK

Excessive use of charging powers observed in joint enterprise trials, say researchers

Exclusive: Appeal charity says some defendants in England and Wales charged with murder over ‘voluntary presence’ at crime scene

The Guardian - UK

Trump Deletes Database Containing Over 5,000 Police Misconduct Incidents

It's a reversal from his first term, when Trump himself ordered the creation of a database tracking excessive use of force.

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Thursday briefing: What the case of Peter Sullivan reveals about the system that wrongfully imprisoned him

In today’s newsletter: After almost four decades in jail, the 68-year-old was cleared this week. James Burley from Appeal examines why these failures keep happening

The Guardian - UK

Wrongly convicted man ‘anxious about losing home’ for receiving compensation

Andrew Malkinson has been awarded compensation for the miscarriage of justice he suffered – but may have to leave his home as a result.

Evening Standard

Case of last wrongly convicted Stockwell Six member referred to court of appeal

Ronald De Souza was arrested in 1972 with five friends and charged with attempting to rob corrupt police officer DS Derek Ridgewell

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Malkinson ‘vindicated’ after resignation of case review board boss

Criminal Cases Review Commission chairwoman Helen Pitcher quit on Tuesday, claiming she had been made a ‘scapegoat’ in the case.

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Andrew Malkinson calls miscarriage of justice watchdog’s ex-head ‘shameless’

Helen Pitcher resigned from the CCRC saying she had been ‘scapegoated’ over Malkinson’s case

The Guardian - UK

Criminal Cases Review Commission under fire as Government seeks to remove boss

Legal charity Appeal criticised the body’s failure to publicly acknowledge the move after failings in the Andrew Malkinson case.

Evening Standard

Surge in backlog of wrongful conviction appeals at under-fire watchdog

Exclusive: Over 1,000 cases involving alleged miscarriages of justice awaiting permission to appeal

The Independent UK

CCRC chair rejects minister’s call to resign over Andrew Malkinson case

Helen Pitcher says she is best person for job despite direct criticism in review of wrongful conviction case

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s system for tackling wrongful convictions failed me spectacularly. Overhaul the CCRC now

A scathing new report lays bare the inadequacy of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. I’d like to see resignations, says wrongfully convicted former prisoner Andrew Malkinson

The Guardian - UK

How did the CCRC handle Andrew Malkinson’s three appeal applications?

A review has found Malkinson could have been exonerated of rape almost a decade earlier but for serious failings

The Guardian - UK

‘Catalogue of failures’: watchdog missed chances to help Andrew Malkinson, report finds

Criminal Cases Review Commission could have exonerated Malkinson of rape almost a decade earlier, says inquiry

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The Guardian - UK

The Wrong Man: 17 Years Behind Bars review – dignified, devastating TV

This mind-boggling documentary about a man who was imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit will prompt rage, tears – and a sense of wild injustice

The Guardian - UK

Majority verdicts facilitated 56 miscarriages of justice in England and Wales, charity says

Report calls for reintroduction of jury unanimity to safeguard against wrongful criminal convictions

The Guardian - UK

Majority verdicts in England and Wales brought in ‘partly for racial and class reasons’

Study by Appeal finds there was a desire to dilute influence of minority ethnic and working-class jurors

The Guardian - UK

Criminalising women is no way for the BBC to make up for funding freezes

Female viewers are being disproportionately targeted for not paying the licence fee. It’s got to stop

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At 17, I was jailed for a murder I didn’t commit – and spent seven life-changing years in prison

Basic police checks would have shown Sam Hallam wasn’t at the scene of the crime, but these weren’t carried out until he had spent much of his youth inside. He explains why he is still fighting for justice, years after his release

The National (Scotland)

Lorraine Kelly reveals how Scots singer made her break down in tears

LORRAINE Kelly has told of how a Scots singer’s latest song made her break down in tears.

The Guardian - UK

Case review chief was in Montenegro during Andrew Malkinson revelations

Exclusive: Helen Pitcher leads the commission that twice failed to refer Malkinson back to the court of appeal

The Guardian - UK

The terrible power of the state to ruin lives was exposed by the case of Andrew Malkinson

Reversing a wrongful conviction is an almost insurmountable task

The Independent UK

Officials refused to examine DNA in wrongful conviction rape case ‘because of cost’

‘Further work would be extremely costly,’ Criminal Cases Review Commission warned as it rejected Andrew Malkinson appeals

The Independent UK

Wrongfully convicted man says criminal cases review body has ‘attitude problem’

Andrew Malkinson said the Criminal Cases Review Commission had not contacted him since his release.

Evening Standard

Former solicitor general calls for public inquiry into Andrew Malkinson case

Andrew Malkinson applied twice for his case to be referred for appeal after his conviction but he was turned down

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