The Birmingham Four case featured in the previous issue of PROOF: The Other Ones (Issue 6). Mariam together with her ...
Mothers of Injustice is a tribute to the women who refuse to stop fighting, a recognition of the care that sustains movements ...
Journalists spoke out about recent moves to prevent Jeremy Bamber talking to the press – a ban described on the Justice Gap ...
The gripping independent podcast, The Overturn, has this week been shortlisted in the ‘Impact’ category of the British ...
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 ...
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 ...
INTERVIEW: A new series of BBC 2’s true crime documentary Conviction begins tonight following the work of Inside Justice in their re-examination of the case of Glyn Razzell. The legal charity’s ...
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 ...
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 ...
Violence against staff at Woodhill Prison has increased 45% since 2023, with a ‘damning’ new inspection report revealing stark issues. Woodhill has now received a second ‘urgent notification’ meaning ...
Christine Keeler‘s 1963 conviction for perjury was the ‘ultimate in slut-shaming’ and a posthumous exoneration would be an opportunity to acknowledge historic discrimination against women in the ...