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‘People think you come out … and live happily ever after. If only.’ The reality of life after wrongful conviction

Paddy Hill spent more than 16 years in prison for murders he did not commit. One of the so-called Birmingham Six who were wrongfully convicted for the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974, he was proof that exoneration and financial compensation do not fix a miscarriage of justice.

The Conversation

Miscarriages of justice more likely due to forensic science crisis, report finds

Inquiry warns of rising risk in England and Wales of biased investigations, wrongful convictions and cases collapsing due to missing evidence

The Guardian - UK

Nurse jailed for murder of elderly patients faces wait in conviction appeal

Colin Campbell, formerly known as Colin Norris, was found guilty in 2008 of killing four women and attempting to kill a fifth.

Evening Standard

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Criminal cases review body ‘must win back trust’ as interim chairwoman announced

Dame Vera Baird KC will carry out an urgent review into the running of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

Evening Standard

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

The justice committee has warned the watchdog’s leadership has shown ‘has shown a remarkable inability to learn from its own mistakes’

The Independent UK

MPs call on Criminal Cases Review Commission chief executive to resign

Committee says Karen Kneller’s position no longer tenable in damning report on miscarriage of justice watchdog

The Guardian - UK

Legal body chief’s position ‘no longer tenable’, MPs warn

It follows ‘unpersuasive’ evidence from her on the CCRC’s challenges and response to public criticism in April, the committee said.

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Ministers to prioritise compensation bid by man wrongly jailed for 38 years

Justice minister Lord Ponsonby said he would ‘encourage’ Peter Sullivan, 68, to seek a payout.

Evening Standard

Peter Sullivan was wrongly jailed for 38 years – and it’s not a bizarre one-off

ANALYSIS: The case is a reminder that there are still people in prison who were jailed based on false confessions, Brian Thornton writes

The Independent UK

Thursday briefing: What the case of Peter Sullivan reveals about the system that wrongfully imprisoned him

In today’s newsletter: After almost four decades in jail, the 68-year-old was cleared this week. James Burley from Appeal examines why these failures keep happening

The Guardian - UK

Peter Sullivan murder conviction quashed after 38 years in jail – it would be a mistake to see his case as a bizarre one-off

Peter Sullivan has had his conviction for the murder of Diane Sindall quashed. He is not the Beast of Birkenhead. He is an innocent man who got ensnared in a malfunctioning system that then took 38 years to admit its mistake.

The Conversation

More miscarriages of justice ‘inevitable’, says CCRC review lawyer after Peter Sullivan freed

Chris Henley says he expects more wrongful convictions to come to light after 1987 murder case ruling overturned

The Guardian - UK

More miscarriages of justice like Peter Sullivan ‘inevitable’, top lawyer warns

Chris Henley KC, who led a damning review of the Criminal Cases Review Board, said the appeals system ‘won't face up to the fact’ that mistakes are made

The Independent UK

Peter Sullivan has murder conviction quashed after 38 years in jail

Hearing told that DNA evidence found at the scene of Diane Sindall’s murder was not that of the 68-year-old

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British man jailed for 1986 murder acquitted after 38 years by new DNA testing

Peter Sullivan, now 68, had his conviction quashed after new DNA evidence emerged.

Evening Standard

Man in prison for 38 years for murder has conviction quashed at Court of Appeal

Peter Sullivan was convicted in 1987 of the murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall in Bebington, Merseyside, the previous year.

The Independent UK

Man behind bars for 38 years has murder conviction overturned in ‘UK’s longest-running miscarriage of justice’

Peter Sullivan was convicted in 1987 of murdering Diane Sindall but has maintained his innocence

Evening Standard

New DNA evidence casts ‘sufficient’ doubt on 1987 murder conviction, court told

Peter Sullivan was jailed in 1987 for the murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall in Bebington, Merseyside, in 1986.

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The Independent UK

‘Wolfman’ murderer jailed 38 years ago will have conviction reconsidered in first-of-its-kind case

Peter Sullivan has remained in prison since 1987

The Guardian - UK

Miscarriage of justice watchdog had ‘hole at its heart’, committee chair says

Chief executive of Criminal Cases Review Commission questioned by MPs over Andrew Malkinson failings, expensive courses and being ‘absent’ boss

Evening Standard

Chief accused of ‘half-hearted’ defence of review body after Malkinson case

Karen Kneller defended her position as she appeared before MPs.

The Guardian - UK

The murders at White House Farm: should Jeremy Bamber still be in prison?

Convicted in 1986 of killing five members of his family, he has always maintained his innocence. This week, new evidence could get him another day in court

Evening Standard

Further convictions of man jailed for soldier murder referred to court of appeal

John McDevitt was convicted of the murder of Private Neil Clark on Easter Monday 1984 in Londonderry.

Evening Standard

Letby barrister: Fresh evidence will completely demolish case against her

Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others.

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby’s lawyer delivers medical reports he claims ‘totally undermine’ case against serial killer nurse

Victim’s families have described a report from a panel of experts as ‘full of analytical holes’ and a ‘rehash’ of her defence case

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