Wrongful Conviction
Submission on Sentencing Council “Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline”
Submission to Sentencing Council Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline APPEAL /// february 2023 The Women’s Justice Initiative supports the Sentencing Council’s proposal to introduce a new section on female offenders, but stresses the often causative relationship between women’s offending and the domestic abuse including coercive control they experience. Download this report as…
Read MoreAndy Malkinson: DNA warnings made years before rape case overturned
Andy Malkinson: DNA warnings made years before rape case overturned The body that investigates potential wrongful convictions was warned it could have missed critical DNA evidence in rape cases, a year after first rejecting Andy Malkinson’s appeal. The warning came in 2013, when a review of a similar case recommended the Criminal Cases Review…
Read MoreSubmission to Sentencing Council “Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines”
Submission to Sentencing Council “Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines” APPEAL /// November 2023 The Women’s Justice Initiative provides our views on the Sentencing Council’s proposals to amend different sentencing guidelines, including relating to coercive control in manslaughter cases and pregnant defendants. Download this report as a PDF Download Andrew Malkinson comment on the sentencing…
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 MoreAndrew Malkinson: Police investigated over man’s wrongful jailing
Andrew Malkinson: Police investigated over man’s wrongful jailing The police watchdog is investigating how Greater Manchester Police (GMP) handled the case of Andrew Malkinson, jailed for 17 years for a rape crime he did not commit. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will look at why the force rejected complaints from Mr Malkinson’s…
Read MoreAndrew Malkinson: Government announces inquiry into wrongful rape conviction
Andrew Malkinson: Government announces inquiry into wrongful rape conviction An inquiry has been announced into one of the worst miscarriages of justice in modern times. Andrew Malkinson spent 17 years in jail for a rape he did not commit. He was declared innocent last month after the Court of Appeal heard allegations of major…
Read MoreAndrew Malkinson was right to expose these ministers. Why do they keep punishing innocent people?
Andrew Malkinson was right to expose these ministers. Why do they keep punishing innocent people? The public outpouring for Andrew Malkinson, after the quashing of his conviction for a rape for which he was imprisoned for 17 years, is now focused on how he will be compensated. Since the release of the Bridgewater Four…
Read MoreWrongly convicted in Britain no longer forced to pay ‘saved living costs’ in prison
Wrongly convicted in Britain no longer forced to pay ‘saved living costs’ in prison People who have been wrongly convicted will no longer have to pay living expenses for the time they spent in prison, the government will announce on Sunday after widespread outrage over the case of Andrew Malkinson. One of Britain’s longest-serving…
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 MoreBREAKING: APPEAL client Andrew Malkinson, who spent over 17 years in prison maintaining innocence, granted fresh appeal after DNA hit on alternative suspect
BREAKING: APPEAL client Andrew Malkinson, who spent over 17 years in prison maintaining innocence, granted fresh appeal after DNA hit on alternative suspect Press release – 24 January 2023 – APPEAL APPEAL client Andrew Malkinson, who has been fighting to clear his name for almost two decades, has today had his conviction referred for…
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