Campaigning to prevent miscarriages of justice and ensure justice for the wrongly convicted. Secretariat: @we_are_APPEAL. Chair: @BarrySheerman.
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On Monday we heard from a formidable panel about the issue of compensation for victims of miscarriages of justice
Thank you @NeilHudgell @laura_tilt & Jodie Blackstock of @JUSTICEhq & especially to @JoHamil73963257 for sharing her story 🙏
Watch it here: bit.ly/3yFh584
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At last the full report on Daniel Morgan death to be published today @APPGMJ why was the Home Secretary so reluctant to do this?
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Is it finally time for @Law_Commission to take a look at criminal appeals process? @ccrcupdate backs @APPGMJ calls for a review in response to Westminster Commission report - as well 'substantial injustice' test currently blocking #jointenterprise appeals thejusticegap.com/the-miscar…
JB: There are other ways of doing this. We don't need to wait for Strasbourg to decide this one way or the other and Parliament can decide to reform the area independently.
Sam Hallam and Victor Nealon's cases where new evidence, but unable to demonstrate conclusively their innocence.
JUSTICE is arguing this questions the validity of the acquittal. For everyday people, they may be likely to think a person guilty when the acquittal is not accepted.
JB: Massive hurdles in both the CCRC and before the Court of Appeal. If those are cleared, there is euphoria as their convictions can be quashed. But they still have to convince the Secretary of State of their innocence: not the question which has been asked to that point.
Jodie Blackstock @JUSTICEhq: "We have a system now for compensation for miscarriages of justice which simply is not working."
"I was one of the fortunate ones" - they couldn't take her house because it was co-owned with her mum.
Charged with theft of £36k but pleaded guilty to false accounting
Thankfully, she had the support of her community.
Now hearing from @NeilHudgell who represented many sub-post mistresses and sub-post masters in one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in the the UK.
#PostOfficeScandal
Panel event is on now!
We are hearing from @laura_tilt about the impact of miscarriages of justice on people's lives.
94% of survivors rely on benefits. Also major impacts on psychological state, housing and employment
Compensation assists in helping people to put their lives back together.
Those that receive compensation were able to provide a roof over their heads and rebuild their 'social capital'.
📢EVENT TONIGHT AT 5PM📢
Make sure you sign up for this fascinating
panel on 'Rebuilding from the Rubble: Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice'.
Discussing the #PostOfficeScandal + current ECHR claims.
parliament-uk.zoom.us/j/9455…
We will be hearing from @JoHamil73963257 - one sub-post mistress whose conviction was overturned last month in the #PostOfficeScandal - about the impact that it had on her life.
As well as @NeilHudgell @laura_tilt and Jodie Blackstock of @JUSTICEhq
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Update: MPs will discuss the proposal of reasoned verdicts this week, with @BarrySheerman raising the "serious" issue with @APPGMJ colleagues - but @MoJGovUK is concerned about the effects it could have on trials and has "no plans to make these changes":
inews.co.uk/news/mps-parliam…
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We call on Justice Minister @RobertBuckland to urgently respond to @BarrySheerman's letter proposing changes that will bring miscarriages of justice, like those in the #PostOfficeScandal, to light more quickly & give compensation to victims.
@APPGMJ
These cases, prosecuted by the Post Office, represent one of the largest mass miscarriages of justice ever. Only after 12 years of campaigning, investigation and litigation have they been corrected.
Many lives have been torn apart on the way, with at least one tragic suicide.
Thirty-nine Post Office workers convicted of theft have names cleared after one of the UK’s most widespread miscarriages of justice
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