MOJUK - News Articles/Judgments/Reports June 2024 The European Court of Human Rights will deliver its ruling in the case of Nealon and Hallam v. the United Kingdom (applications nos. 32483/19 and 35049/19) at a public hearing on 11 June 2024 at 11 a.m. in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg. The case concerns the rejection of the applicants’ claims for compensation for a miscarriage of justice after their convictions had been quashed when new evidence had undermined the cases against them. The statutory scheme for compensation for miscarriages of justice in the Criminal Justice Act 1988, as amended by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, provides for compensation for a miscarriage of justice only where a new or newly discovered fact shows beyond reasonable doubt that the person concerned did not commit the offence. The applicants argue that the statutory scheme was incompatible with Article 6 § 2 because it required them to “prove” their “innocence” in order to be eligible for compensation. ************************************************************************** CCRC DNA Trawl - Message to Brian Farrell A9492AH HMP Whitemoor I am writing to provide an update about your case. Your case falls within the parameters of a DNA trawl the CCRC has undertaken. Therefore, a nominated decision maker is being assigned to the case to assess whether there might be new forensic opportunities available because of developments in DNA technology, . Please note that this does not mean the CCRC will undertake further forensic work in your case, only that careful consideration will be given to whether it could now assist. I will write to you again before the end of August to give you a further update. Yours sincerely, Leigh Reilly, CCCR Case Review Manager [People convicted of murder or rape who have had their applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) turned down could have their cases re-opened to allow new DNA testing, available as a result of developments in DNA techniques, to take place. The CCRC is analysing closed review cases involving murder or rape where the conviction was before the beginning of 2016, to pinpoint those where advances in DNA technology could now help identify an offender. The CCRC has identified almost 5,500 people who were convicted of murder or rape before 2016 and whose applications to the CCRC were turned down.] ************************************************************************** Violence and Self-Harm in Women’s Jails Hits Record High How Were Three Boys Who Played No Active Role in a Manchester Killing Convicted of Manslaughter? Persistent Race Discrimination Found in Prisons in England and Wales Recordings are 'Republican Pub talk' ‘How Do I Heal?’: The Long Wait For Justice After A Black Man Dies In Police Custody New ‘Super-Prison’ Suffering Staff Exodus Russia: Law on “Undesirable Organisation” Designation Breached the Convention Restricting Access to Soviet-Era Repression Archives Violated Freedom Of Expression Rights New Research Reveals ‘Trauma’ and ‘Missed Opportunity’ of Inquests Ex-Police Officer Jailed For Perverting Justice Over Killing Criminal Cases Review Commission - Call for Research Proposals Open Letter to Helen Pitcher Chair of the (CCRC) from Brendan McConville Murder Conviction of Missouri Woman Overturned After 43 Years in Prison Father Trapped In Jail For 12 Years Over - Set Himself Alight Ex-Officer Jailed For Perverting Justice Over Killing ‘Massive’ 48% Cut in Legal Aid Leaves Vulnerable Without Lawyers Backlogs Spiral Across Justice System CCRC DNA Trawl - Message to Brian Farrell A9492AH HMP Whitemoor Bloody Sunday: Soldier F appears in Court for First Time Jury Finds Just Stop Oil Supporters Not Guilty in Petrol Pump Case Nealon and Hallam v. the United Kingdom All Aboard the Prisons Express: Destination Unknown Radical Changes That Are Needed to Fix the Failings of Our Prison System ETcHR Grand Chamber Case of Nealon and Hallam v the United Kingdom Secret Surveillance of Five PolishNationals - Three Violations of Article 8 Murder of My Son Stephen Lawrence I Can Forgive His Killers – But Not the Met Unlawful Treatment of Newly Arrived Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children One More Body in the Septic Tank That is British Colonial History |