On 21st October JENGbA’s amendment to the Sentencing Bill was debated at the Committee of the whole House. The amendment would allow sentence reviews for people serving sentences under a law which has changed. Huge thank you to @ZoeFranklinLD for submitting the amendment! (1/2)
Andrew Malkinson calls for ‘vindictive’ rule requiring wrongly convicted to foot legal bill to be axed. 'It feels vindictive,’ he tells new BBC Shadow World podcast. He faces a £10,000 bill for legal fees and experts - which will come out of compensation. https://t.co/JvzMNz5Cr5
Barrister faces contempt over Palestine Action jury speech: tehn case against Rajiv Menon KC is believed to be the first contempt case against a barrister over a jury speech in living memory and potentially in history https://t.co/7uZHT1SGOx
Thank you Guy for a fascinating conversation about autism, neurodiversity and human rights. Your charity Transforming Autism @transformingaut is doing vital work to support parents to support their young autistic child, adopting a neuroaffirmative approach https://t.co/SNG0F4pOrL
If you haven't yet listened to The Overturn podcast, check out latest shocking episode: @marnieduke18 takes a walk w/ Justin Plummer - 28yrs in prison, wrongly convicted TWICE. He talks abt what his life now holds. He got 15 mins' notice of freedom, no compensation & no apology
‘It’s not just about Jason, it’s about a broken system.’ @marnieduke18 talks to brother of Jason Moore in the latest episode of the Overturn podcast - described as 'outstanding and 'a sobering but compelling listen'. https://t.co/I0pouw3WY7. Available on Spotify & all services
Appeal judges overturn six indeterminate sentences: ‘This must act as a catalyst for action,' says @UNGRIPP. 'We call for immediate review of all cases of those sentenced as young adults & a commitment to ending trauma of indeterminate detention for good.’ https://t.co/6OhDe7HXEZ
Miscarriage of justice cases from the perspective of those fighting against all odds to clear the names of the wrongfully convicted - The Overturn podcast is in the latest @ObserverUK ⬇️⬇️
"Among the cases it considers (without any unseemly true-crime tropes) is Robin Garbutt, imprisoned for the murder of his wife. Could the Post Office scandal undermine the prosecution’s version of events?"
The Overturn is a @guardian podcast of the week https://t.co/TNHrtFaQkh
Great to see THE OVERTURN in @guardian's podcast of the week. Telling the stories of the wrongly convicted fighting a broken justice system 'without unseemly true-crime tropes': https://t.co/rgpI3waQNO. Also read @msmirandasawyer give it 5/5 in @ObserverUK ('gripping') last wk
'Gripping': great review by @msmirandasawyer in @ObserverUK of THE OVERTURN podcast. 'I’m no conspiracy theorist, but listening makes you feel as though every institution is designed to preserve the power of powerful at the expense of the little person.' https://t.co/LGVrfRh3OI
"We're taught to believe our justice system is fair. Everyone is equal and its impossible for an innocent person to go to prison for a crime they didn't commit. What if that's not true?"
THE OVERTURN, a new podcast, launches tomorrow on all platforms🔗 https://t.co/kF0P4nZkkV
Miscarriage of justice watchdog sends case of 16yo boy who pleaded guilty to supplying drugs to Court of Appeal. A 'victim of modern slavery' convicted 'when authorities should have been protecting him from exploitation', says @VeraBaird https://t.co/fLItf8INos
"It has been ten years since the Supreme Court admitted that the law on joint enterprise had ‘taken a wrong turn."
As we mark ten years since the Jogee ruling, I’ve written in @JusticeGap about why justice cannot wait another ten years 👇
https://t.co/8siSbvqIMW
‘That Professor Baron-Cohen’s role as an expert witness appears to be systematically rubbished by the CPS, as evidenced below by a point MP Barry Sheerman’s made in this Parliamentary Debate on 30th January 2018’. See the details here https://t.co/e5AUVJ3ddi
Huge thanks for sharing the story of Alex. Thank heavens you are Alex's mum. May the Force be with you as YODA would say. The tide is turning and may it become a tsunami that forces the release of Alex soonest.
@WAlladin1 They rejected Alex’s @ccrcupdate application as they said that expert opinion (Sir BC plus others) that Alex could not have known what someone else would do in a fast moving 47 sec spontaneous affray due to ToM deficit was not correct because he did not have sensory overload 🤔