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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

MPs demand ‘root and branch reform’ of Criminal Cases Review Commission and call for chief to step down

The justice committee has called for a “root and branch” reform of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) and called for its chief executive to step down.

A report from the cross-party panel of MPs found CCRC’s leadership “has shown a remarkable inability to learn from its own mistakes” after serious failures in its handling of the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson, who was wrongly jailed for 17 years for rape.

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