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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

‘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 ...

In 2006, following six tragic self-inflicted deaths at Styal prison within one year, the government commissioned the Corston Report. Baroness Corston and her team explored the underlying reasons why ...

Colin Norris’s legal team have hit out at a ‘Kafkaesque’ Court of Appeal for ignoring new evidence and ‘blocking’ access to the Supreme Court. A new BBC podcast series presented by journalist Louise ...

A new global study of miscarriages of justice has highlighted the ‘institutional reluctance’ of criminal justice systems to admit mistakes and calls for ‘honest and open reflection’ to make necessary ...

Two men convicted as teenagers in a case involving disgraced police officer Derek Ridgewell have had their convictions referred for review, taking the number of people whose cases linked to the ...