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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
LAW COMMISSION CONSULTATION RESPONSE, 2025
Law Commission consultation response Response to the Law Commission’s Criminal Appeals Consultation Paper APPEAL /// June 2025 APPEAL’s response to…
Joint Enterprise on Trial
Joint Enterprise on Trial The ‘Joint Enterprise on Trial’ report launched by APPEAL’s Dr Nisha Waller and Tehreem Sultan is…
‘Eminently winnable’: new campaign to properly compensate the wrongly convicted – The Justice Gap Article
‘Eminently winnable’: new campaign to properly compensate the wrongly convicted A new campaign to scrap the ‘brutal’ miscarriage of justice…
CCRC: ‘The only organisation yet to emerge from Covid’ – The Justice Gap Article
CCRC: ‘The only organisation yet to emerge from Covid’ The meeting of the Justice Committee took place on 29 April…
J’Accuse…!
Reflecting on Justice APPEAL at the J’Accuse…! Exhibition On 1st May 2025, APPEAL Co-Director Matt Foot took part in a…
In It Together – Race and Joint Enterprise
In It Together – Race and Joint Enterprise Presented by Maxine Peake, this episode looks at how and why race…
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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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