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Wrongly jailed Malkinson hails benefits rule change, but will continue fighting

The 59-year-old, who served 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, says he remains determined to tear down the system that failed him.

Evening Standard

Man wrongly jailed for rape gets first compensation payout

His lawyer called for a £1 million cap on payouts to be lifted

The Independent UK

Wrongly convicted Andrew Malkinson at risk of losing social housing due to compensation law

His lawyer has called for a £1 million cap on payouts to be lifted

Evening Standard

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What the papers say – January 16

Here are the biggest stories leading Thursday’s front pages.

Evening Standard

Majority verdicts facilitated 56 miscarriages of justice in England and Wales, charity says

Report calls for reintroduction of jury unanimity to safeguard against wrongful criminal convictions

The Guardian - UK

Trawl for unsafe criminal convictions being done by interns

Exclusive: DNA expert whose work led to Andrew Malkinson case breakthrough says job should be given to forensic scientists

The Guardian - UK

Criminal review body missed chance to clear Andrew Malkinson in 2013

CCRC failed to heed its own ‘lessons learned’ review of similar case ten years before Malkinson’s exoneration

The Guardian - UK

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Calls for overhaul of part-time chairmanship of criminal cases review body

A solicitor representing Andrew Malkinson, who was wrongly-convicted in 2003 for rape, said its leadership needed to be full-time.

The Independent UK

Miscarriages of justice body has ‘attitude problem’, says Andrew Malkinson

Exclusive: Man imprisoned for rape he did not commit says Criminal Cases Review Commission has yet to contact him

The Guardian - UK

Former solicitors general call for public inquiry into Andrew Malkinson case

Lord Garnier calls miscarriage of justice ‘jaw-dropping’ after Guardian revealed police had key DNA evidence 16 years ago

The Guardian - UK

Rape, DNA and injustice: a timeline of the Andrew Malkinson case

After spending 17 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, the 57-year-old’s conviction was finally overturned last month

The Guardian - UK

Brickbat: Adding Insult to Injury

Andy Malkinson spent 17 years in a British prison for rape before DNA evidence connected another man to the crime and a court freed Malkinson. But under British law, Malkinson would have to pay the government for housing and feeding him for 17 years. Under the Criminal Appeal Act of…

Reason

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

The Guardian - UK

Andy Malkinson calls for Criminal Cases Review Commission chair to step down

‘Helen Pitcher should resign,’ says innocent man, imprisoned for 17 years, after his conviction was overturned

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The Independent UK

Evidence access laws for appeals to be examined after Andrew Malkinson ruling

The Law Commission announced a wide-ranging review into the appeals process.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the freeing of Andy Malkinson: a case for reform

Editorial: This 17-year-long wrongful imprisonment scandal has lessons for all levels of the criminal justice system

The Guardian - UK

‘I started shaking’: Andrew Malkinson on being told he is a free man

Nearly 20 years on from conviction for rape, 57-year-old says he will go travelling – to ‘anywhere that’s not the UK’

Manchester Evening News

'I am innocent and have been waiting nearly 20 years for justice' -Man who served years in prison for rape he denies

Andrew Malkinson has always denied raping a woman near the M61

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The Guardian - UK

Andrew Malkinson is still fighting to clear his name 20 years after rape case

After new DNA matched a man on the national database, Malkinson hopes he can overturn his conviction and prove his innocence

Manchester Evening News

New forensic inquiry into case which led to man spending 17 years in jail for rape he denies

"The police's original investigation let down the people of Greater Manchester and allowed the real attacker to evade justice."

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