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✍️ Add your name to support fair compensation for the wrongfully convicted.
We’re calling on the Lord Chancellor to scrap the brutal 2014 test and ensure that those who’ve suffered wrongful imprisonment are treated with dignity — and fairly compensated.
We fight wrongful convictions and demand a fair justice system
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APPEAL’s team of specialist lawyers represent individuals who have been wrongfully convicted or unfairly sentenced. We investigate cases and present new evidence or legal arguments to the Court of Appeal or the Criminal Cases Review Commission. If you think you have been a victim of a miscarriage of justice and need our help, please click the button below.
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The Wrong Man: 17 Years Behind Bars
Watch the BBC Two Documentary The Wrong Man: 17 Years Behind Bars and hear Andy Malkinson's story in his own words.
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The Accused: Beyond Reasonable Doubt?
Watch Channel 4's documentary examining the case of our client Eddie Gilfoyle.
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Shadow Worlds - Stolen Years
How can a victim of a traumatic crime appear to be so sure, yet so wrong? In the first episode of Shadow World: Stolen Years, the BBC confronts the eyewitness evidence that helped convict Andrew Malkinson in 2004.
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