A man who spent 20 years in prison under an indefinite sentence imposed when he was 17 has been released after a court ruled ...

Two years ago, the CCRC (Criminal Cases Review Commission), the last resort for those who have been unfairly convicted of ...

INTERVIEW: A new series of BBC 2’s true crime documentary Conviction begins tonight following the work of Inside Justice in their re-examination of the case of Glyn Razzell. The legal charity’s ...

Murder is to intentionally take another’s life. For such a heinous crime there must be an equally severe punishment. Something to hurt the perpetrator, deter others and protect society from further ...

Probation officers are voting on industrial action having rejected a 5% pay offer as they have been asked to take on responsibility for ‘tens of thousands of prisoners’ sent into communities under ...

A man convicted of murder has had his conviction referred back to the Court of Appeal after the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) found that a jury may not have been given the chance to consider ...

Giving evidence during a criminal trial can be a daunting prospect for anybody and this is only likely to be magnified for those who are classed as vulnerable and who are complainants in sex cases.

Working daily on possible miscarriages of justice cases, we naturally assume that everyone knows what this work involves, and what the role of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is. That is a ...

Almost 800 years of additional time imposed on inmates for rule breaking last year has exacerbated overcrowding, resentment and safety issues in prisons, a leading charity has warned. Report by Piers ...

Almost lost amid the avalanche of publicity which accompanied the release of the Birmingham Six on 14 March 1991 was an announcement from Home Secretary Kenneth Baker MP. A Royal Commission was to be ...

‘I used to want to be part of the system but I don’t want to be part of a culture that treats somebody like this,’ Liam Allan tells Calum McCrae. When people think of Liam Allan, the ongoing ...

On October 5, 1974 two public houses in Guildford, Surrey were bombed by the IRA without warning causing five deaths and over 60 injuries of varying severity. The bombs were placed in the pubs with ...