The Criminal Cases Review Commission: Hope for the Innocent?

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Notes on the Contributors......Page 11
List of Abbreviations......Page 16
Foreword by Michael Zander......Page 17
Foreword by Michael Mansfield......Page 20
List of Cases......Page 22
List of Statutes......Page 24
1 Introduction......Page 26
Part I: Setting the Scene......Page 40
2 The Importance of Innocence for the Criminal Justice System......Page 42
Part II: Voluntary Sector Perspectives......Page 64
3 Thoughts from a Victim Support Worker......Page 66
4 Challenging the Refusal to Investigate Evidence Neglected by Trial Lawyers......Page 71
5 The Failure to Live Up to its Stated Values? The Case of Michael Attwooll and John Roden......Page 84
6 The Failure of the Review of the Possible Wrongful Convictions Caused by Michael Heath......Page 102
Part III: Practitioner Perspectives......Page 120
7 Historical Abuse Cases: Why They Expose the Inadequacy of the Real Possibility Test......Page 122
8 Only the Freshest Will Do......Page 132
9 Applicant Solicitors: Friends or Foes?......Page 143
10 The Inadequacy of Legal Aid......Page 159
Part IV: Academic Perspectives......Page 174
11 After Ten Years: An Investment in Justice?......Page 176
12 Real Possibility or Fat Chance?......Page 191
13 Press and Release: UK News Coverage of the CCRC since 1996......Page 203
14 The CCRC as an Option for Canada: Forwards or Backwards?......Page 216
15 A View from the United States......Page 230
Part V: Conclusion......Page 244
16 Conclusion......Page 246
References......Page 254
B......Page 265
D......Page 266
H......Page 267
J......Page 268
M......Page 269
R......Page 270
S......Page 271
Z......Page 272