New data from a union representing forensic teams who attend crime scenes reveals 84% of crime scene investigators they spoke ...

Three parents imprisoned over the deaths of their babies are challenging their convictions over concerns about the evidence ...

More money alone won’t be enough, says justice think tank, Crest Advisory. Increased funds does mean more days for courts to ...

Sadiq Khan, the London Mayor Sir, told BBC News he was ‘disgusted and appalled’ by conduct of officers and the Home Secretary ...

Drugs were widely available at Pentonville. More than four out of 10 prisoners said that drugs were easy to get (41%) and ...

The interim chair of the under-fire miscarriage of justice watchdog has announced a ‘full professional inspection’ of the body’s case work by the inspectorate of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

In practice, the statutory scheme introduces serious delays. The Secretary of State has up to 90 days to respond to a ...

Proposals by the Conservatives to scrap the judge-led Sentencing Council and to its powers in the hands of ministers have been described as ‘cynical gimmick’ and ‘bonkers’. Shadow Justice Secretary ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new code allowing victims to read out their own impact statements in court may make little difference to the victims or to sentencing, according to a leading barrister. The new v ictim’s code ...