Lawyers representing exonerated prisoner Andrew Malkinson have called for the chairmanship of the body responsible for investigating potential miscarriages of justice to be made full-time.
Emily Bolton, the solicitor for Mr Malkinson – who served 17 years behind bars after being wrongly convicted of rape, said the position of Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) chairman was of “such central importance to the justice system” that it should no longer be fulfilled part-time.
