05 May 2021
The shocking wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters has been described as ‘the biggest miscarriage of justice in British legal history’.
The Post Office prosecuted more than 700 sub-postmasters between 2000 and 2014 based on information from its faulty Horizon software. Some went to prison, while others were financially ruined or faced the shame of a conviction through no fault of their own. Some have since died without their names being cleared, and lawyers have called for a judge-led inquiry to be held into the scandal.
In NLJ this week, Jon Robins writes that the scandal is just one example of miscarriage of justice among many and argues that the Criminal Cases Review Commission system is in need of reform.
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