This book, now in paperback, focuses on the world's first publicly-funded body to review alleged miscarriages of justice, set up in the wake of notorious cases such as the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six. Bringing together critical perspectives from campaigners, prominent criminal appeal practitioners and academic specialists, it centres on the different aspects of the CCRC's tasks, in particular, the limitations placed on it by its governing statute that hinder its claimed independence from the appeal courts and its working practices which prevents the referral of cases in which victims may be factually innocent. The book compares the CCRC with existing systems in Scotland, the US and Canada that deal with alleged wrongful convictions. Thoroughly undermining itsoperations, this study argues that the CCRC's help to innocent victims of wrongful conviction is merely incidental. INDICE: Foreword; .R.Huff.Foreword; .M.Mansfield.Foreword; .M.Zander.Introduction; .M.Naughton.PART I: SETTING THE SCENE.The Importance of Innocence forthe Criminal Justice System; .M.Naughton.PART II: VOLUNTARY SECTOR PERSPECTIVES.Thoughts from a Victim Support Worker; .H.Kierle.Challenging the Refusal toInvestigate Evidence Neglected by Trial; .A.Green.The Failure to Live Up to its Stated Values?: The Case of Michael Attwooll and John 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 CCRCSince 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: 978-0-230-39061-4
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 15/05/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido