Napo, the trade union representing probation workers, warned in the motion that excessive workloads, understaffing, and ...

A senior judge has warned of the dangers of the use of artificial intelligence in the legal system as she says justice is ...

South Wales Police have announced that they will review forensic evidence in the case of a Cardiff shopkeeper who was murdered in 1987. Three men were wrongly convicted for the crime, Michael O’Brien, ...

A woman serving a life sentence for murdering her abusive partner is due to have her case heard at the Court of Appeal tomorrow. Lisa Ellwood was convicted of stabbing Ryan Ellwood in 2024. She was ...

A new BBC documentary shines a light on the controversial joint enterprise doctrine through the case of a woman currently serving a 30 year prison sentence for murder. Rachel Fulstow met Michael ...

Almost lost amid the avalanche of publicity which accompanied the release of the Birmingham Six on 14 March 1991 was an announcement from Home Secretary Kenneth Baker MP. A Royal Commission was to be ...

Kim Evans has spent 31 years working at the sharp end of the criminal justice system - the last ten years in the cells of East Sussex police stations defending people in custody. ‘I'd guesstimate that ...

Wrongful convictions hit the headlines every now and then: the Guildford Four, Barry George and Sally Clark. But those who successfully appeal the length or nature of their sentence receive very ...

Murder is to intentionally take another’s life. For such a heinous crime there must be an equally severe punishment. Something to hurt the perpetrator, deter others and protect society from further ...

Back in the 1970s and 1980s, there were only a limited number of ways to mount an effective challenge to a conviction, especially once the Appeal Court had rejected any approach on traditional grounds ...