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Man jailed based on corrupt officer’s evidence has name posthumously cleared

Errol Campbell, who died in 2004, had his convictions for theft and conspiracy to steal quashed.

Evening Standard

Law should change to allow review of cases of jailed officers, lawyer says

Errol Campbell was posthumously cleared almost 50 years after being convicted, with the case against him led by a discredited officer.

The Independent UK

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

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Expert witnesses are ‘weakest link in English justice system’, says wrongly convicted surgeon

David Sellu remains alarmed that there are no training programmes to ensure evidence given is legally sound

The Guardian - UK

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

Law Commission proposes reforms on how possible miscarriages of justice are handled

Report also criticises compensation system for people wrongly convicted of crimes in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

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

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Andrew Malkinson was right to expose these ministers. Why do they keep punishing innocent people?

Malkinson is right to raise the plight of miscarriage of justice victims who face having compensation docked, or can’t get it at all, says lawyer Matt Foot

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