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24 July 2026 | 3:06 pm
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24 July 2026 | 3:06 pm
THE OVERTURN podcast shortlisted for British Podcast Award
The gripping independent podcast, The Overturn, has this week been
Latest from The Justice Gap
‘Why are we still inside?’ Birmingham Four 10 years on
August 2026 will mark mine and my co-defendants ten-year fight and continuing struggle for justice. A decade has passed now, and I am still left with unanswered questions from when I was first arrested and with even more questions with
Mothers of Injustice: Celebrating those Who Refuse to Give Up
Earlier this month, the University of Westminster played host to Mothers of Injustice, a powerful photo exhibition celebrating the work of JENGbA – Joint Enterprise, Not Guilty by Association. For over 15 years, JENGbA has stood alongside those criminalised under
PROOF launch: ‘Justice systems make mistakes – but there’s a failure of journalism to tell these stories’
The ‘spirit of Stalin’ was stalking the Ministry of Justice, a leading investigative journalist told MPs and campaigners over concerns about bans blocking prisoners maintaining innocence from talking to the media. Former BBC Panorama journalist John Sweeney was addressing a
MPs warn collapse of legal aid creates ‘unacceptably high risk’ of miscarriages of justice
Almost half of defendants facing imprisonable summary offences in magistrates’ courts appeared without a lawyer in the latest available data, creating an ‘unacceptably high risk’ of miscarriages of justice, MPs have warned.A report published by the House of Commons Justice
Jury speech – hiding under a Bushell
In 1670 the jury system as we know it was born with Bushell’s case. This is perhaps the most famous case in English history but Bushell himself was, in fact, not even on trial. Bushell was a juror, the foreman
Record number of CCRC applications – as watchdog makes one of its highest number of referrals
The Criminal Cases Review Commission referred 45 cases back to the appeal court last year, one of the highest numbers of referrals in its 30 year history and an 80% increase on two years ago. The miscarriage of justice watchdog
Further IPP sentences referred to Court of Appeal as watchdog reviews 180 similar cases
A tenth and eleventh case involving controversial indefinite prison sentences have been referred to the Court of Appeal by the miscarriages of justice watchdog.
Dean Mullins was 24 when he was imprisoned for attempted murder and given a minimum term
A prisoner took their own life every five days according to new ombudsman report
A prisoner in England and Wales took their own life approximately every five days within the last year, according to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s annual report published this month.
The watchdog opened 84 investigations into self-inflicted deaths during 2025-26,
The watchdog opened 84 investigations into self-inflicted deaths during 2025-26,
Letby book: ‘I used to think to put someone away for murder, you need actual evidence’
The author of a new book arguing that Lucy Letby is a victim of a miscarriage of justice believes that her wrongful conviction could be overturned in two years. Speaking at the launch of Reasonable Doubt: Examining the case of