Racial Justice
Doubt Dismissed
Doubt Dismissed Race, Juries and Wrongful Conviction Nisha Waller and Naima Sakande /// Jan 2024 Nisha Waller and Naima Sakande hold up their report Doubt Dismissed at the launch party in May 2024 In May 2024, APPEAL published a report on the hidden racist and classist intent behind the 1967 introduction of majority jury verdicts…
Read MoreMehmet and Peterkin
Saliah Mehmet and Basil Peterkin: posthumously cleared after 46 years vindication at last for rail workers framed by racist, corrupt british transport officer derek ridgewell The families of Saliah Mehmet and Basil Peterkin alongside Winston Trew of the Oval Four and APPEAL Co-Director Matt Foot, moments after the two men were posthumously cleared by the…
Read MoreTried by our own peers
Tried by our own peers APPEAL’s Nisha Waller explores the racist origins behind majority jury verdicts Andrew Malkinson’s exoneration in July last year rightly raised doubts about the credibility of the police and Crown Prosecution Service. But the jury, who determined his guilt, was untouched by scrutiny. Malkinson firmly asserts that his jury is not…
Read MoreProtecting the Innocent and Rolling Back Racisim and Classism: APPEAL Recommendations
Protecting the Innocent and Rolling Back Racism and Classism: APPEAL recommendations 21 May 2024 The jury system is a crucial part of the criminal justice system in England and Wales. Juries can be a powerful safeguard against an overreaching state and have the potential to bring much needed diversity of experience to decision-making in this…
Read MoreCalls to end ‘majority jury verdicts’ after research into wrong convictions
Calls to end ‘majority jury verdicts’ after research into wrong convictions A LEGAL justice charity wants Britain’s jury process changed to stop “majority verdicts” being used to convict people of serious crimes, warning that it stems from a “racist and classist” reform from the 1960s. Appeal, based in Clerkenwell, said that judges should only…
Read MoreCasual racism here, evidence fiddling there: all in a day’s work down at the nick
Casual racism here, evidence fiddling there: all in a day’s work down at the nick Why rules on evidence in appeal cases must change If officers are capable of racism, sexual harassment, even rape and murder, would many turn a hair at surreptitiously withholding a document or destroying an exhibit if it means securing a…
Read MoreIs our jury system a vestige of white supremacy?
Is our jury system a vestige of white supremacy? Nisha Waller /// 31 October 2022 Pauline and Ashley have been fighting for justice for decades in a case that saw their loved on convcited on a 10/2 jury verdict despite flimsy evidence To be convicted of a criminal offence in England and Wales, a prosecutor…
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