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Public’s ‘gut instinct’ should count in reviewing criminal cases, says Tice

It comes after Lucy Connolly, the wife of Conservative councillor Ray Connolly, was jailed last year for 31 months for inciting racial hatred.

Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2025

Jeremy Hunt says Lucy Letby’s case must be urgently re-examined

Former health secretary says victims’ families ‘deserve the truth’

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

Lucy Letby case must be 'urgently re-examined', Jeremy Hunt says

The former health secretary called for the Criminal Cases Review Commission to ‘speed up their normally painfully slow process’

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

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The Guardian view on the Letby case: justice cannot be immune from scrutiny or doubt

Editorial: Even in the most harrowing cases, a fair society must allow for review, and the possibility of judicial error

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2025

He’s fighting to clear his name for murder he says he didn’t commit. But star witness still hasn’t been contacted

Exclusive: In almost 18 months, the CCRC has failed to speak to a key witness who Jason Moore believes could overturn his conviction. A bishop found him in a matter of weeks

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2025

‘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 · Jun 9, 2025

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 · Jun 9, 2025

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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 · Jun 6, 2025

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 · Jun 3, 2025

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 · May 22, 2025

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 · May 22, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · May 22, 2025

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 · May 20, 2025

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 · May 15, 2025

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The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2025

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 Conversation · May 14, 2025

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 Guardian - UK · May 14, 2025

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 Independent UK · May 14, 2025

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

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The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2025

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

Euronews · May 13, 2025

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 · May 13, 2025

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 · May 13, 2025

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 · May 13, 2025

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.

The Independent UK · May 13, 2025

‘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 · Apr 29, 2025

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

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