Search results for 'Wrongful Convictions' (15)
The grandchildren of the last woman to be hanged in Britain are seeking a posthumous pardon, saying she was physically and emotionally abused by her partner before she killed him.
The ACLU have released a new report exposing how racism, human error, and systemic failures have made wrongful convictions an inevitable consequence of the death penalty system.
China, Israel, and Myanmar emerged as the world’s three worst offenders in another record-setting year for journalists who had been jailed because of their work, a census has found.
New provisions have come into force to end Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences, described as the ‘single greatest stain on the criminal justice system’ in the UK.
Journalist Betlehem Isaak, the daughter of journalist Dawit Isaak, accepted the 2024 Edelstam Prize on her father's behalf during a ceremony at the House of Nobility in Stockholm.
An IPP prisoner undertaking a second hunger strike, and who set himself on fire in an attempt to take his own life have raised concerns about the sentence described as ‘a stain’.
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