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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

MPs call on Criminal Cases Review Commission chief executive to resign

Karen Kneller
The Commons justice committee said Karen Kneller provided it with ‘problematic’ evidence. Photograph: Shelter

The miscarriage of justice watchdog for England, Wales and Northern Ireland has continually failed to learn from its mistakes and its chief executive should follow the organisation’s chair out the door, MPs have said.

In a damning report on the leadership of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the House of Commons justice committee said Karen Kneller had provided it with unpersuasive evidence and her position was no longer tenable.

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