Racial Justice
Protecting 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 MoreInspiration behind APPEAL’s research into majority jury verdicts: the USA campaign
Inspiration behind APPEAL’s research into majority jury verdicts: the USA campaign Until APPEAL’s ground breaking report Doubt Dismissed, published in May 2023, the origins of majority verdicts in England and Wales had not previously been subject to academic study. However, their origins in the USA had been scrupulously researched. Behind the movement that…
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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