This book focuses on the world's first publicly-funded body- the Criminal Cases Review Commission- to review alleged miscarriages of justice, set up following notorious cases such as the Birmingham Six in the UK. Providing a critiqueof its operations, the book shows that its help to innocent victims of wrongful conviction is merely incidental. INDICE: - Introduction; M.Naughton - PART I: SETTING THE SCENE - The Importance of Innocence for the Criminal Justice System; M.Naughton - PART II: VOLUNTARY SECTOR PERSPECTIVES - Thoughts from a Victim Support Worker; H.Kierle - Challenging the Refusal to Investigate Evidence Neglected by Trial; A.Green - The Failure to Live Up to its Stated Values?: The Case of Michael Attwooll andJohn Roden; D.Eady - The Failure of the Review of the Possible Wrongful Convictions Caused by Michael Heath; S.Sekar - PART III: PRACTITIONER PERSPECTIVES - Historical Abuse Cases: Why They Expose the Inadequacy of the Real Possibility Test; M.Newby - Only the Freshest Will Do; C.Malone - Applicant Solicitors:Friends or Foes?; G.Maddocks ; G.Tan - The Inadequacy of Legal Aid; S.Bird - PART IV: ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES - After 10 Years: An Investment in Justice?; R.Nobles ; D.Schiff - Real Possibility or Fat Chance?; K.Kerrigan - Press and Release: UK News Coverage of the CCRC Since 1996; P.Mason - The CCRC as an Option for Canada: Forwards or Backwards?; C.Walker ; K.Campbell - A View from the United States; R.Schehr - PART V: CONCLUSION - Conclusion; M.Naughton - References - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-21938-0
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 29/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés