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Miscarriage of justice watchdog investigates cases of 175 people handed abolished indefinite jail terms

AOL 01 Aug 2025
The country’s miscarriage of justice watchdog is investigating at least 175 cases which saw offenders, including children and young people, handed abolished indefinite jail terms ... Now scores of cases ...
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Sallins train robbery: Man (75) seeks to have wrongful conviction declared miscarriage of justice

The Irish Times 25 Jul 2025
A judge has said “every effort should be made” to progress matters in an application by a man who is attempting to have his wrongful conviction more than 45 years ago for the Sallins train robbery declared a miscarriage of justice.
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Benefits law change for miscarriage of justice victims comes into force

London Evening Standard 22 Jul 2025
Wrongly convicted people no longer face being pushed over the savings limit for means-tested support because of the amount they received in payouts ... .
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Miscarriages of justice victims given access to vital support (DWP - UK Department for Work and Pensions)

Public Technologies 22 Jul 2025
) Miscarriage of justice victims will no longer have their compensation counted when applying for benefits ... Miscarriages of justice steal irreplaceable time and devastate lives ... miscarriage of justice.
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Mama Hooch rapists accuse trial judge of bias, allege miscarriage of justice

NewstalkZB 22 Jul 2025
They claimed the judge “ran roughshod” over and “shut down” defence evidence, resulting in a substantial miscarriage of justice ... court and there was a significant miscarriage of justice,” he said.
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Murder miscarriage of justice pay out 'not enough'

BBC News 21 Jul 2025
Peter Sullivan was jailed in 1987 for Diane Sindall's murder but his conviction was quashed this year ... .
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Peter Sullivan murder miscarriage of justice payout

BBC News 21 Jul 2025
Peter Sullivan, 68, has been described as the victim of Britain's longest-running miscarriage of justice, having been jailed in 1987 for the brutal murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall in Birkenhead.
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Trump's abuse of 'terrible quirks' in law causing 'miscarriages of justice': conservative

Raw Story 21 Jul 2025
"There is nothing inherently wrong with a new administration evaluating the actions of the old, but if that evaluation is resulting in perverse miscarriages of justice — as it is in Hankison’s case — ...
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VOX POPULI: Miscarriages of justice leave a stain that can never be erased

Asahi News 19 Jul 2025
He asserted that the miscarriages of justice were “due to evil bureaucratic practices,” and harshly denounced the systemic nature of corruption among government officials ... “To be frank, my heart feels sort of empty.”.
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Lucy Letby case ‘may be miscarriage of justice’ & there’s ‘gaps in evidence’, coroner’s officer ...

The Sun 16 Jul 2025
LUCY Letby’s case may be a miscarriage of justice with “gaps in evidence” left unexplained, a former coroner’s officer has claimed ... a miscarriage of justice”.
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Cap on payouts for miscarriage of justice victims to increase

BBC News 15 Jul 2025
Campaigners welcome the uplift, but argue it still .
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Greater compensation for victims of Miscarriages of Justice (UK Ministry of Justice)

Public Technologies 15 Jul 2025
Currently, the maximum amount of compensation payable under the miscarriage of justice system in England and Wales is £1 million for 10 or more years imprisonment or £500,000 for up to 10 years.
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Lucy Letby suffered ‘potential miscarriage of justice’ – ex-senior coroner’s officer

Channel 4 14 Jul 2025
Now, for the first time, a senior coroner’s officer who investigated deaths on behalf of the coroner for two decades has spoken out.
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