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1⃣ If you think you have been unjustly convicted of a crime
2️⃣ And have already unsuccessfully appealed direct to the Appeal Courts
3⃣ Then you can apply for a free CCRC review of your case
For more information about our services, watch this video:
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📰 NEWS⚖️
We have referred two more Post Office convictions due to concerns about the Horizon IT system - taking the total to 66.
This is the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British history and our door remains open to other potential victims.
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#CCRCAnnualReport
Our Annual Report 2021/22 has been published today.
In the last year, 57 victims of a miscarriage of justice saw their convictions quashed or sentences reduced after we referred their case back to the courts.
Read more here:
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Toby Jones, star of new
@ITV
drama which premiered last night - ‘Mr Bates vs the
#Postoffice
’ has urged anyone who believes they been wrongly convicted because of problems with the
#Horizon
computer system to contact the CCRC:
📱
Here's your early sneak peak at Mr. Bates vs The Post Office 😮
Catch it tonight on ITV or ITVX at 9pm ✉️
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⚖️NEW REFERRAL
The CCRC has referred 3 anti-apartheid protesters' convictions to court for appeal.
The original trial was not told an undercover police officer was part of a group that blocked the
@EnglandRugby
team bus heading to South Africa in 1972.
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DNA breakthrough leads to rape & assault conviction being sent to the Court of Appeal.
Andrew Malkinson spent 17 years in prison but experts instructed by the CCRC have now matched DNA on the victim’s clothes to another man on the national database (1/2)
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Six further Post Office cases have been successful today at Southwark Crown Court. We referred all six cases on 10th September. All six appeals were conceded by the prosecution.
@ccrcupdate
@nickwallis
@ComputerWeekly
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Watch Actor Toby Jones on
@BBCBreakfast
discussing his role in new
@ITV
drama 'Mr Bates vs Post Office'. If you believe you have been wrongly convicted because of problems with the
#Horizon
computer system - contact the CCRC
Contact us today: 0121 233 1473
#PostOfficeScandal
'To my shame I didn't know much about this story'
Actor Toby Jones spoke to
#BBCBreakfast
about his role in the upcoming ITV real life drama 'Mr Bates vs The Post Office' about wronged postal workers who fought for justice
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Today is the 32nd anniversary of the quashed convictions that led to the CCRC's creation.
On 14 March 1991, the convictions of ‘The Birmingham Six’ were overturned by the Court of Appeal after being declared unsafe and unsatisfactory.
Read more here:
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📰 BBC - Adnan Syed: Conviction overturned in
@Serial
podcast murder case
Did you know there is a body to investigate potential miscarriages of justice in the UK - and it has resulted in 500+ convictions and sentences being quashed?
A thread🧵(1/6)
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Tomorrow the Court of Appeal is due to hand down its eagerly anticipated judgment in 42 Post Office Horizon cases referred by
@ccrcupdate
Useful summary of the issues here
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Great news from Soutwark Crown Court - convictions quashed in all six of these
@ccrcupdate
Post Office Horizon referrals
Judge allows the appeals and enters not guilty verdicts in relation to all appeals.
CONVICTIONS QUASHED!!!!
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We have never seen a more widespread miscarriage of justice than the convictions due to faulty Post Office IT systems.
To date we have referred 65+ Horizon cases - and contacted hundreds of people who might want to challenge their convictions.
More info:
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A thread on today's decision by the CCRC to refer a man's rape and assault convictions to the Court of Appeal following new DNA evidence, after two previous declined applications.
(1/8) 🧵
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Here is an
@ccrcupdate
statement on the Court of Appeal's decision today to overturn the convictions of three men - Winston Trew, Sterling Christie and George Griffiths -
whose cases were sent for appeal by
@ccrcupdate
on the basis of police misconduct:
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If you believe you may have been wrongly convicted because of problems with the Horizon computer system there are details of how to challenge your conviction on the
@ccrcupdate
website:
The Post Office Scandal is airing now on
@BBCOne
and on
@BBCiPlayer
Tune in and let us know your thoughts about the programme using
#BBCPanorama
or by replying to this tweet
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We welcome the Court of Appeal's decision today to overturn Andrew Malkinson’s convictions on the basis of new DNA evidence.
A thread on how DNA breakthroughs meant we could refer his case on the third review, after two declined applications.
(1/8) 🧵
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Today Southwark Crown quashed a further two cases on the Horizon Post Office appeals. This means 47 cases have now been quashed in the court of appeal.
See our previous story on this with all the details:
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That certainly doesn't chime with the
@ccrcupdate
long experience of wrongful convictions and the role that disclosure issues often play in them.
We have raised the issue numerous times, including with the DPP and Attorney General.
Alison Saunders’ claim on
@BBCr4today
that she thinks no one’s wrongly in jail due to disclosure failings sharply at odds with CCRC findings
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Stockwell Six cases quashed: “We are delighted that these three men have, quite rightly, had their appeals quashed today which is long overdue,” said CCRC Chairman, Helen Pitcher. “We are now trying to find two other men who were also wrongly accused.”
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If you believe that you may have been wrongly convicted because of problems with the Post Office Horizon computer system, you can consider challenging your conviction.
The CCRC has referred 63 Horizon cases to the appeal courts. For more information visit
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This week Court of Appeal quashed convictions in 12 further Post Office Horizon cases: Ambrose & Ors v Post Office Ltd ()
@ccrcupdate
is giving close scrutiny to judgment, considering any potential implications for CCRC Post Office cases, past and present
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CCRC refers the murder conviction of Alexander Blackman - Marine A - to the Courts
Martial Appeal Court:
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Earlier today
@ccrcupdate
announced its decision
to refer 39 Post Office cases on the basis of an abuse of process argument. More details here:
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Great news on the quashing of the conviction for the fourth and final member of the Oval Four referred for appeal by
@ccrcupdate
'Omar' Boucher had his convictions quashed at the Court of Appeal this morning. The Oval Four saga how now ended.
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Wrongly convicted of a crime or lost your appeal? You can apply to us
#ccrcupdate
#criminalconviction
#miscarriageofjustice
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The appeals in 42 of the
@ccrcupdate
referrals in Post Office Horizon cases are due to begin at the Court of Appeal this morning. The appeals are listed for a five day hearing
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Eight more Post Office Horizon cases sent for appeal by
@ccrcupdate
on abuse of process argument. They bring the total so far to 47. We’ve written to AG and Justice Select Committee to suggest a review of private prosecutions such as these. Details here:
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Court of Appeal has today quashed convictions in 39 Post Office cases following extensive analysis and investigation by
@ccrcupdate
. More details here:
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The murder and attempted murder convictions of Colin Norris have been referred to the Court of Appeal by
@ccrcupdate
. More details here:
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📰 OVERTURNED CONVICTION⚖️
A former post office worker has had her conviction of fraud by abuse of position overturned - the 57th Post Office Horizon related conviction to be overturned following CCRC referral
#PostOfficeScandal
#PostOffice
#Horizon
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Six of the
@ccrcupdate
Post Office Horizon cases are listed for hearing at Southwark Crown Court on Friday 11th December.
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We have referred more than 60 Post Office Horizon cases to the appeal courts.
If you think you may have been wrongly convicted because of problems with the Horizon computer system, you can consider challenging your conviction.
More information here:
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Tonight"s BBC Panorama looks at issues with the Post Office's Horizon computer system that were at the heart of the recent
@ccrcupdate
decisions to send 47 Post Office convictions for appeal. See:
Post Office prosecuted postmasters over missing money despite evidence its own computer system could be to blame, BBC Panorama reveals
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We are looking forward to seeing Dr Michael Naughton from Empowering the Innocent
@ccrcupdate
this afternoon. We are willing as always to engage with and listen to our stakeholders and critics.
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Many thanks to
@felicitygerry
for tonight’s excellent and thought provoking
@ccrcupdate
lecture ‘Joint Enterprise trials: have the courts lost sight of justice?’ Text of speech to follow tomorrow
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NEWS: 5 more Post Office cases have been referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, bringing the total number of Post Office cases sent to the courts by the CCRC to 76 ⚖️
Read more:
#postoffice
#postofficescandal
#horizon
#horizonscandal
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If you believe that you may have been wrongly convicted because of problems with the Post Office Horizon computer system, you can consider challenging your conviction.
The CCRC has referred 66 Horizon cases to the appeal courts. For more information visit
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Four more Post Office Horizon cases referred for appeal by
@ccrcupdate
. They bring the total to 51. Details here:
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The Post Office Horizon scandal is the most widespread miscarriage of justice we've ever seen.
On the day we referred the 67th and 68th cases, our Casework Operations Director Amanda Pearce explains why we can't simply refer all such convictions at once.
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Today
@ccrcupdate
has referred for appeal the cases of eight members of the Shrewsbury 24 who were convicted in the early 1970s. Details of the cases and the CCRC's decision can be found here:
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We're delighted the Justice Select Committee has taken up
@ccrcupdate
suggestion of a review of private prosecutions like those in the 47 Post Office Horizon cases we've sent for appeal so far. We'll be submitting evidence.
@CommonsJustice
notice is here:
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Interesting to hear the range of criminal justice system issues covered in discussion
@APPGMJ
with
@BarrySheerman
this evening: joint enterprise, non-disclosure and access to material, legal aid and attitude of police and courts to name but a few.
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Today’s Justice Committee report again highlights problem of non-disclosure of relevant material-
@ccrcupdate
Chair Richard Foster says also important to consider concluded cases. CCRC plans internal review sampling closed cases, further details to follow
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The Post Office Horizon scandal is the most widespread miscarriage of justice we've seen.
The first step in challenging convictions is typically applying direct to the court. If that failed or you pleaded in a Mag’s court, you can apply for a CCRC review
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On non-disclosure, this letter from
@ccrcupdate
Chair Richard Foster is in today's Guardian.
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The
#postoffice
#horizonscandal
is the most widespread miscarriage of justice we've seen. If you believe you may have been wrongly convicted because of problems with the Post Office Horizon computer system, you can consider challenging your conviction.
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Husband’s application is latest Post Office Horizon case sent for appeal by
@ccrcupdate
. Details here:
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CCRC welcomes proposal to make direct contact with convicted former subpostmasters following Horizon IT scandal. Further details here:
@ccrcupdate
Chairman Helen Pitcher OBE interviewed about this subject
@BBCr4today
, see at 1:23:10
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CCRC refers the murder conviction of Gordon Park to the Court of Appeal. Details here. The
@ccrcupdate
press release is here:
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Lord Chief Justice delivering judgment in the ‘Oval 4’ case today: ‘it is clear that these convictions are unsafe. We wish to note the Court’s regret that it has taken so long for this injustice to be remedied'
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For anyone interested, here is the text of the letter from
@ccrcupdate
raising disclosure concerns and sent to DPP, Attorney General and others in 2016. It's been cited a few times in the ongoing disclosure debate and we've been asked for it, so here it is
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Here is text of
@ccrcupdate
lecture by
@felicitygerry
at UCL last night - “Joint Enterprise Appeals: Have the Courts of England and Wales Lost Sight of Justice?”
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Certainly seems encouraging for those who've been told Post Office will not oppose their appeals. However, it's important to keep in mind that it's the Court of Appeal that will decide whether or not to quash the convictions referred to it by
@ccrcupdate
I understand the Post Office have decided to contest 3 of the 47 cases referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. That essentially means
44 people have wrongly been given criminal convictions by the Post Office’s own admission.
#PostOfficeScandal
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📰 News ⚖️
CHILD TRAFFICKING VICTIM'S CONVICTIONS OVERTURNED
Full story:
🟠 CCRC referred case to courts in Feb 2022
🟠 Applicant pleaded guilty to offences committed when he was a child victim of trafficking
🟠 All six convictions have now been quashed
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We've posted a new
@ccrcupdate
film on our website. We made it with National Prison Radio and with Michael O'Brien who served 11 years and 43 days after being wrongly convicted for murder. The film is called "Miscarriage of Justice - A Survivor's Story".
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You may have seen the Netflix documentary 'Who Killed Jill Dando?'.
In 2007 we referred Barry George's murder conviction for
#JillDando
's death to the courts. His appeal succeeded and he was acquitted at a retrial.
In total we have referred 822 potential miscarriages of justice
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We have said many times, such as to the Justice Select Committee and Westminster Commission,
@ccrcupdate
could certainly make good use of more money.
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A further 88 potential Post Office applicants to be written to by
@ccrcupdate
with information on how to challenge their convictions. Details here:
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More than 170 potential Post Office applicants written to so far by
@ccrcupdate
with information on how to challenge their convictions. Details here:
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Here are all the questions put to
@ccrcupdate
by Panorama and all of our answers. We publish them here because we don't feel they recieved sufficient weight in the programme.
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#20ccrc
@ccrcupdate
Chair Richard Foster tells conference that non-disclosure is currently the worst problem in the criminal justice system.
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The Court of Appeal has today quashed convictions of 14 members of the Shrewsbury 24, referred to Court by
@ccrcupdate
last year: See CCRC’s 04/03/20 press release. We are interested in hearing from remaining members of Shrewsbury 24
Today
@ccrcupdate
has referred for appeal the cases of eight members of the Shrewsbury 24 who were convicted in the early 1970s. Details of the cases and the CCRC's decision can be found here:
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📰 NEWS
Post Office workers have again been offered support on challenging Horizon convictions after the 64th case is referred to the courts by the CCRC.
Clerk Amer Hussain was convicted of eight counts of theft in 2005.
News release:
#PostOfficeScandal
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CCRC appeals for more PO applications. As public inquiry
@PostOffInquiry
begins into the failings of Post Office Horizon IT system,
@ccrcupdate
is urging any former subpostmasters who believe they were wrongfully convicted to come forward. Details here:
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Fourth ‘Stockwell Six’ conviction referred to Court of Appeal today by
@ccrcupdate
. More details here:
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Congratulations to New Zealand on taking the bold and progressive step of introducing a Bill to establish its own Criminal Cases Review Commission.
@ccrcupdate
is pleased to have helped in the process by hosting visits here and providing information.
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When we review a potential miscarriage of justice, the key question is: "Is there a real possibility the new argument/evidence will make the appeal court deem this conviction/sentence unsafe?"
809 CCRC applications have been referred after passing this 'real possibility' test.
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The
@ccrcupdate
detailed submission to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry was published today - see . The Inquiry’s call for evidence runs until 23 February see
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The CCRC has published the Terms of Reference and announced the KC who will conduct the review into three of our investigations into Andrew Malkinson's rape convictions.
Further information, including links to the Terms of Reference, can be found here:
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If you believe that you may have been wrongly convicted because of problems with the Post Office Horizon computer system, you can consider challenging your conviction.
The CCRC has referred 63 Horizon cases to the appeal courts. For more information visit
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Here is the speech given tonight by outgoing
@ccrcupdate
Chair Richard Foster to mark the end of his 10 year as Chair of the CCRC at- UCL Judicial Institute of
@UCLLaws
:
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NEWS:
#postoffice
case referred to the Crown Court by the CCRC:
Get in touch with us today if you think that you have been wrongly convicted because of problems with the
#horizon
computer system: 0121 233 1473
#PostOfficeScandal
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The CCRC was created on this day 26 years ago.
Since then, we have referred 812 potential miscarriages of justice back to the courts - an average of once every 11 days / 2.5 cases per month.
Read the stats underpinning our work here:
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Helen Pitcher, Chair of
@ccrcupdate
speaking to Evan Davis
@EvanHD
@bbcpm
about quashing of 39 convictions in Post Office cases today (6m 50s into show). Discussing lessons for CJS to learn including issues with private prosecutions
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On non-disclosure, this is what the
@ccrcupdate
Chair said in his foreword to our Annual Report for 2015/16...
#nondisclosure
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We have referred a 1991 murder conviction to the Court of Appeal due to modern standards of fairness and a change in expert opinion.
New evidence shows defendant Oliver Campbell's learning disabilities may have resulted in him giving unreliable evidence.
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This article about
@ccrcupdate
case of Stephen Simmons, whose conviction was quashed today, cites the "remarkable" efforts involved in our investigation.
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A further six Shrewsbury 24 cases have been referred to the Court of Appeal by
@ccrcupdate
. Details can be found here:
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This
@ccrcupdate
submission consists almost entirely of the abuse of process argument that appears in all of the 51 PO cases we've referred so far.
The
@ccrcupdate
detailed submission to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry was published today - see . The Inquiry’s call for evidence runs until 23 February see
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If you believe that you have been wrongly convicted because of problems with the
#Horizon
computer system, you can consider challenging your conviction. Contact us today: 0121 233 1473
Read about our latest referrals here:
#postoffice
#horizonscandal
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Five further sub-postmasters clear their names following referrals by the CCRC
Full story:
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Very interesting afternoon spent at launch of
@CarolynHoyle
book on
@ccrcupdate
. Very useful for everyone interested in miscarriages of justice to have independent evidence based scrutiny of CCRC as an organisation and decision maker.
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We've written an
@InsideTimeUK
article on Imprisonment for Public Protection (
#IPP
) sentences, answering common questions we hear about this controversial issue
🟠 What are IPPs?
🟠 Can we review IPP sentences?
🟠 Why are prisoners still serving them?
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1,198 new applications from potential miscarriages of justice were made to the CCRC this year – an increase of 4.9% from last year.
But who did our applications come from?
Read all about the
#CCRCAnnualReport
report here:
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On Panorama in general, no one who knows the CCRC well, or who understands how we work and the test we are required to apply, would recognise this characterisation of us or accept that we are not fit for purpose. It also failed to mention the 650 cases we have sent for appeal.
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Jury misdirection before murder conviction causes the CCRC to refer first
#jointenterprise
case in Northern Ireland.
Under the joint enterprise law, James Alexander Smith and his co-accused were convicted of murder in 2013.
Read more about the case here:
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Please note that
@ccrcupdate
has now moved to new offices. As of today our postal address has changed to: Criminal Cases Review Commission, 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham, B2 4BH
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For anyone interested in
@ccrcupdate
numbers asked for in Parliament yesterday by
@LucyMPowell
:
Between Jan 2018 and Jan 2020 we referred 42 cases for appeal.
During the same period, appeal courts decided 34 CCRC cases; 24 appeals were won and ten lost.
Miscarriages of justice continue to be brushed under the carpet by a legal establishment watching its own back and evading real scrutiny. Yesterday, I asked Ministers how many appeals the Criminal Cases Review Commission has recommended and how many appeals have been granted.
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Tonight's BBC programme
#TheMurderofJillDando
looks interesting and
@ccrcupdate
recalls the CCRC's June 2007 referral for appeal of Barry George's murder conviction. His appeal succeeded and he was acquitted at a retrial.
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The CCRC’s Research Committee is now inviting proposals for new research projects that will benefit the CCRC and the wider criminal justice system. See here for details on how to apply:
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Full text of
@ccrcupdate
Chair’s letter to The Times regarding disclosure review published here:
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Helen Pitcher,
@ccrcupdate
Chairman, and our Chief Exec, Karen Kneller, were honoured today to be part of the launch, via Zoom, of the newly established CCRC for New Zealand. We congratulate New Zealand on taking this bold and progressive step and wish them the best of luck.
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In the course of a year
@ccrcupdate
analyses many judgments to keep up with the changing legal landscape as it emerges in the decisions of the courts. In this thread we've picked out six of the most interesting from 2019. Each case appears with a summary and link to the judgment.
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If you passed the BPTC in 2018 or 2019 and want hands-on experience looking into alleged miscarriages of justice under supervision
@ccrcupdate
, then the Kalisher Internship Award could be for you. It's a one-year internship at the CCRC paying £16,835. See:
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@ccrcupdate
has decided to refer 39 Post Office cases on the basis of an abuse of process argument. More details here:
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We welcome the publication today of Westminster Commission report on
@ccrcupdate
. We are pleased that the Commission recognises some excellent work by CCRC but also take seriously areas where improvements are said to be needed. Full CCRC response here:
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