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 ...

A new requirement is in force with effect from the start of the week that requires every defendant appearing before a criminal court to confirm their nationality, or risk a prosecution and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The current inquiries into historical child abuse in England and Wales and in Scotland entail that, once again, the actions of residential care workers come under heightened scrutiny. As a former ...

The expanding reach of equality law has been making in-roads into human rights based challenges to state detention for some time now, not always successfully. A recent case shows just how much scope ...

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 ...

A Westminster inquiry into the controversial law around joint enterprise was launched in the House of Commons on Tuesday night at an event highlighting the impact on the families and friends of those ...

A seven-year probe into alleged evidence tampering at two forensic science drug-testing companies has been abandoned, failing many potential victims of miscarriages of justice. Greater Manchester ...

The Home Secretary has announced plans for new ‘Respect Orders’ to handle anti-social behaviour, with offenders facing up to two years in prison. These new powers include the ability to ban ‘hooligans ...

Prisoners are being forced to live in ‘appalling and sometimes inhumane’ conditions according to a new investigation into the ‘crumbling’ prison estate. It has found that conditions in prisons across ...

Over half of people think prisons are ‘not at all’ or ‘not very’ effective according to a new survey. The research, just published by the Sentencing Academy revealed a significant lack of knowledge ...