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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

New hope for IPP prisoners as five men held on indefinite jail terms referred to appeal courts

In fresh hope for those languishing on abolished indefinite jail terms, the nation’s watchdog for miscarriages of justice has referred five such cases to the appeal courts.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) announced it was sending the cases, all related to teenagers or young men, to be reconsidered by judges after launching a major review of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) jail terms.

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