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‘The dice is loaded’: the fight to clear Oliver Campbell’s name after 34 years

Softly spoken and easily startled, Campbell was imprisoned for murder in what has been called one of the longest miscarriages of justice in British criminal history

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024

Court clears man with severe learning difficulties of 1990 London murder

Oliver Campbell exonerated 33 years after conviction that followed false confessions in police interviews

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024

Lucy Letby case could be ‘biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history’, lawyer says

Child killer Letby has assigned lawyer Mark McDonald to make a fresh attempt for an appeal hearing over the convicted murders of seven babies at Countess of Chester Hospital

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2024

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The Observer view: Criminal Cases Review Commission needs reform and a new leader

Helen Pitcher has shown no contrition for the failings of the watchdog, which blundered in the case of Andrew Malkinson

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024

Andrew Malkinson calls for CCRC chief executive to resign

Exclusive: Demand by victim of wrongful conviction comes after role Karen Kneller played in handling his case revealed

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024

For many, Andrew Malkinson’s case a sign the CCRC has lost its way

Those close to the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s work hope review will pave way for change in leadership and purpose

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024

CCRC chair rejects minister’s call to resign over Andrew Malkinson case

Helen Pitcher says she is best person for job despite direct criticism in review of wrongful conviction case

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024

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Britain’s system for tackling wrongful convictions failed me spectacularly. Overhaul the CCRC now

A scathing new report lays bare the inadequacy of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. I’d like to see resignations, says wrongfully convicted former prisoner Andrew Malkinson

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024

Andrew Malkinson: Man wrongly jailed for rape for 17 years could have been freed decade earlier, review finds

Justice secretary announces she is seeking to sack chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission after ‘utterly damning’ findings

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2024

How did the CCRC handle Andrew Malkinson’s three appeal applications?

A review has found Malkinson could have been exonerated of rape almost a decade earlier but for serious failings

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024

‘Catalogue of failures’: watchdog missed chances to help Andrew Malkinson, report finds

Criminal Cases Review Commission could have exonerated Malkinson of rape almost a decade earlier, says inquiry

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024

How has Lucy Letby tried to fight guilty verdicts and what could happen next?

After the convicted killer was refused permission to appeal, she has few options left

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Paula Vennells ruled out Post Office review that ‘would be front-page news’

Former boss, appearing at inquiry, denies decision not to review miscarriages of justice over 10 years ago was led by PR adviser

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2024

End majority jury verdicts to prevent more justice ‘horror’, says Malkinson

Exclusive: Man who spent 17 years in prison after wrongly being convicted of rape says he will ‘shout from the rooftops’ for law reform

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2024

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 · Apr 22, 2024

‘Birmingham Four’ ask CCRC to investigate convictions for terror plot

Four men were jailed for life in 2017 for planning terrorist attack in UK after elaborate undercover police operation

British Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Rape Receives Apology

Andrew Malkinson, wrongfully convicted of rape, receives apology after 17 years in prison. Systemic failures exposed.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2024

Andrew Malkinson says improved DNA tests could have spared him years in jail

Exclusive: rollout of fresh testing for contested rape and murder convictions ‘should have happened a decade ago’, Malkinson says

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024

Dozens of jailed people may get new DNA testing after Andrew Malkinson exoneration

CCRC to retest rape and murder cases from before 2016 where DNA was a factor in identification

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

‘I’m not a quitter’: bank trader vows to continue fight after losing Libor appeal

Tom Hayes, first banker to be convicted in 2012 rate-rigging scandal, had his case rejected by UK court of appeal

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2024

Vulnerable man ‘humiliated’ into confessing to 1990 London murder, court told

Court hears Oliver Campbell, now 53, was convicted on basis of inconsistent confession made under police pressure

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2024

Man jailed for life for Hackney murder cannot be guilty, Court of Appeal told

Oliver Campbell’s conviction for murder in 1991 was ‘unsafe’, a hearing in London was told on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024

‘I just went bent’: how Britain’s most corrupt cop ruined countless lives

How many people did DS Derek Ridgewell fit up? The sheer scale of his depravity, and his targeting of men of colour, is only now becoming clear

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2024

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 · Jan 22, 2024

Convicted murderer fears prison ‘hit’ as victim’s family campaign for release

Jason Moore says he learned of £10,000 reward to have him stabbed shortly after court of appeal application

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