The Guildford Four and Maguire Seven were wrongly convicted in 1974 and 1976, respectively, of planting bombs in various pubs in Guildford and Woolwich. Their convictions were quashed in 1989 and 1991. On February 9, 2005, British Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a public apology to the Maguire Seven and the Guildford Four for the "miscarriages of justice they had suffered". Only one man, John Crilly, has succeeded with an appeal based on the Jogee finding that the law was wrong previously. Crilly attended the rally in Parliament Square, telling families that he felt “survivors’ guilt” and they must “keep fighting”. But it’s not just about cuts. It’s also about failing to design the justice system around women’s unpaid work. Little attention is given, writes Kennedy, to things like scheduling probation appointments during school hours, and research has revealed that “women’s childcare responsibilities are impacting on their ability to comply with their community sentences”. And women who fail to comply often end up in prison – “even where the original offence would never have merited a custodial sentence”.

Women – whether criminals or victims – are still subject to the most antiquated of double standards. “It is hard to get across the idea that a woman is entitled to have sex with the whole of the football team, but draw the line at the goalie,” writes Kennedy, with characteristic bite. Rape victims have their compensation reduced if they were drunk. Meanwhile, girls are being institutionalised (unlike adult courts, youth courts can sanction behaviour that is not technically criminal but may harm a child’s development) for behaviours that in their male contemporaries would be dismissed as “boys will be boys” but in girls are seen as evidence of dangerous moral turpitude. In 1963, Perth serial killer, Eric Edgar Cooke, confessed to the murder of Anderson when arrested in 1963 and again before he was executed. At his appeal, Trevor Condron, the police officer who had examined John Button's car in 1963 told the appeals court that while the car was damaged, the damage was not consistent with hitting a person and that three weeks before Anderson's death, Button had reported to police another accident. This accident report had been known to police at the original trial but been discounted as irrelevant. The court also heard from Dr Neil Turner, who had treated Anderson. He claimed that her injuries were not consistent with Button's vehicle. The world's leading pedestrian accident expert, American William "Rusty" Haight, was flown to Australia and testified that experiments with a biomedical human-form dummy, a similar Simca to Button's and an EJ Holden similar to the one Cooke claimed he was driving when he hit Anderson, matched exactly Cooke's account and excluded the Simca. [8] [9] In February 2002, the Court of Criminal Appeal quashed Button's conviction. [10] [11] Ben Blanchard & Robert Birsel (February 8, 2015). "China court gives out new death penalty after wrongful execution". Reuters . Retrieved February 8, 2015. Fortin, Jacey (April 6, 2018). "Hanged After a Trial He Couldn't Understand, and Pardoned 136 Years Later". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved May 21, 2018.

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Helena Kennedy has written a chilling exposé of how the law has historically failed women. Taking no prisoners, Kennedy outlines the damage we must undo, and the changes we must make. Eve was Shamed is a necessary book for the #MeToo era" (Amanda Foreman) Davey, Melissa (April 7, 2020). "George Pell: Australian cardinal to be released from jail after high court quashes child sex abuse conviction". The Guardian . Retrieved April 7, 2020. It was in 2012 when the deceased celebrity entertainer Jimmy Savile was exposed as a paedophile and gross abuser of women and children that we seemed to reach a tipping point. As more cases emerged, suddenly the institutions – from the BBC to Parliament, from hospitals and schools to young offender institutions, from local authorities to universities and churches, all of which had colluded in keeping the lid on such crimes – were in retreat. Every one of these pillars of rectitude had put institutional reputation ahead of safeguarding women and children. The outrage was so deeply felt and the torrent of memories, anger and sorrow so great that a public debate raged, of a kind that had never taken place before. A public inquiry was set up by the then Home Secretary, Theresa May, in recognition of the extent of the problem. I kept hearing the same questions. How could so many predators have got away with it? Why did people do nothing? Was it because things were different then? A brother’s 36-year fight against one of New Zealand’s worst miscarriages of justice, The

Toronto Police Service (October 15, 2020). "Statement by Chief of Police Jim Ramer regarding the 1984 Homicide of Christine Jessop". Toronto Police: News Releases (Press release). #48291. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020 . Retrieved February 27, 2022.

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The implementation of LASPO has resulted in a large reduction in numbers eligible for civil legal aid. Only around 25% of the population of England and Wales were eligible for civil legal aid in recent years. In the last ten years (as at 2023), nearly 900 New Zealanders have had their convictions overturned. The following cases are the only ones where the Government has paid compensation for a wrongful conviction, [101] except for Peter Ellis who died before the Supreme Court in New Zealand overturned his convictions. Wall was convicted on the basis of false allegations by Regina Walsh (psychiatric history) and Patricia Phelan (history of false accusations). The first woman in the history of the Irish State to be convicted of rape, the first person to receive a life sentence for rape and the only person in the history of the state to be convicted on repressed memory evidence.

Anneli Auer seeks €2.5mn more for wrongful imprisonment | Yle Uutiset". yle.fi. August 23, 2017 . Retrieved November 11, 2018.Twenty-five years have passed since Kennedy published Eve Was Framed, the groundbreaking precursor to her latest work. And while there has been some change – much of it initiated by Kennedy herself – progress has been halting and deep-seated reform is still urgently needed. “The smell of the gentlemen’s club permeates every crevice of the Inns of Court,” writes Kennedy. And it stinks. Cardinal Pell, top advisor to Pope Francis, found guilty of 'historical sexual offenses' ". America Magazine. December 12, 2018 . Retrieved December 13, 2018.

In 2009, prosecutors dropped the case against Francisco Marcial and she was released. The two other women convicted of the same charges, Alberta Alcántara and Teresa González, had their convictions reversed by the Mexican Supreme Court in April 2010 and were also released from prison. [97] Convicted Cardinal – Pell's name scraped from his Australian hometown". Reuters. February 27, 2019 . Retrieved September 2, 2019. Scottish nurse who was convicted in 1974 of the murder of a patient with insulin after being inspired by the plot of A Man Called Ironside. She was released on appeal in 1975, despite three appeal court judges saying there was ample evidence to support the conviction, as the trial judge had inadvertently misled the jury in his final summary. [146] The appeal court judges said that it was an omission that "a few words could have cured". [146] Apart from the case prosecuted, another 23 cases were deemed suspicious by investigators. [147] Although acquitted, McTavish's case often is mentioned in lectures at medical colleges in Britain, and is cited in textbooks and academic papers about forensic science and medical malpractice. [148] [149] [150] McTavish, now known as Jessie Gordon, is believed to have been the inspiration for serial killer nurse Colin Norris. [146]Law student and GMLC’s campaign volunteer lead, Hoejong Jeong, considers the barriers that stand in the way of ordinary people getting access to justice, looking at three recent case studies in the news. As the cases show, without access to legal aid or proper legal advice, domestic abuse survivors and detained migrants struggle to protect themselves and their rights. Man freed after 11 years as High Court quashes murder conviction". The Times of Israel . Retrieved November 11, 2018.