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Lord Northbrook: To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases submitted to the Criminal Cases Review Commission were outstanding on 1 September 2024.
Andrew Slaughter: ...generally. I wonder whether I can tempt the Solicitor General to support a wider review of aspects of the criminal justice system that do not seem to be working, in particular the role of the Criminal Cases Review Commission and the CPS in dealing with potential miscarriages of justice. This week, Oliver Campbell’s conviction for murder was quashed by the Court of Appeal as unsafe. The...
Baroness Brinton: ...those that went to appeal. Are the Government prepared to reconsider that? What now exists in the redress scheme is a small group of people who have to have an exceptionally high bar of going to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, hoping that it will refer their cases back to the Court of Appeal. This seems unfair and particularly long term, which means these victims will not get...
David Davis: The Justice Secretary will be aware that the Criminal Cases Review Commission took 17 years to overturn the conviction of Andrew Malkinson, an innocent man, even though DNA evidence exonerating him was available from the fourth year; and his is not the only such case. Has the Minister any intention of addressing the resources, regulation and management of the CCRC to ensure that innocent...
Lord Hanson of Flint: ...domestic abuse experts; and strengthening stalking protection. We will do that. Other issues raised by noble Lords include the point raised by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier, about the Criminal Cases Review Commission. I am telling him what he already knows, but it is important that he knows it publicly: the Lord Chancellor has said publicly that she considers that Ms Pitcher is...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch: ...we are mindful of those cases and are carefully watching the numbers that remain in that camp. The usual routes of appeal remain for those cases. In particular, those individuals can apply to the Criminal Cases Review Commission to be referred back to the Court of Appeal, if it considers that “there is a real possibility that the conviction would not be upheld were a reference to be...
Andrew Slaughter: ..., and we look forward to the full implementation of the Bellamy review. There are many more problems within the justice system that this Government will seek to address over the next few years. The Criminal Cases Review Commission must be made fit for purpose. Here again, the Lord Chancellor has already taken action. The terrible mistake in devising and expanding imprisonment for public...
Angela Constance: ...of the miscarriage of justice has meant that the legislation has been absolutely necessary—although, as justice secretary, I have to put it on record that it does not set a precedent. The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission did not just put a letter in the post with a first-class stamp; I know that it went to extensive efforts. It employed tracing agents and went above and beyond....
Angela Constance: .... I reiterate the point that I made last week that, in any situations that fall outside the criteria in the bill, the correct mechanism is for the cases to be considered by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission for referral to the High Court. The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and the High Court would be able to consider any case and the link between the...
Angela Constance: ...from other bodies in order to successfully carry out their functions under the bill. That information is likely to be held by a range of organisations, including, but not limited to, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Police Scotland, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service and, of course, Post Office Ltd. Given the...
Lord Beith: ...grateful for the help the Minister gave the Constitution Committee when we looked at this matter, although we have obviously been unable to report because of the timescale. Does he believe that the Criminal Cases Review Commission can, within its criteria, take account of important new evidence—namely, the failure to disclose what was known about the Horizon system, which is a...
Lord Northbrook: To ask His Majesty's Government in each of the last five years (1) how many applications have been made to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, (2) in how many cases a review has been completed and a decision been made and, (3) what is the average length of time that the Commission has taken to examine and complete a review.
Angela Constance: ...recalled in the interests of swift action and swift justice, I will not hesitate to do so. Mr Findlay raised some understandable questions about why the level of response to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission was so low. Other members, Audrey Nicoll in particular, have spoken about the actions that were undertaken by the commission, which, I can assure members, did...
...to addressing all miscarriages of justice. To that end, I made it clear that work has been under way in Scotland to address that issue since 2020. That has included collaborating with the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission to assist in identifying and referring impacted Scottish cases before the High Court of Justiciary for review. Notwithstanding the practical challenges...
Kim Johnson: ...juries using prejudicial stereotypes in place of cold, hard evidence, in a way that is often compared to Russian roulette. Human rights group Liberty submitted one such case last year to the Criminal Cases Review Commission after 11 defendants, all black, were collectively convicted and sentenced to a total of 168 years in prison for a single murder. Evidence included a rap video made...
Baroness Brinton: ..., as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, said. The noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, also expressed concerns about the timescale. We know that there is a large backlog in cases coming to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, let alone the issue of finding time in the Court of Appeal. The one thing that we have heard from every speaker today is that these issues must be resolved at pace....
the Bishop of Gloucester: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of resources allocated to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Bob Neill: ...that set out in amendment 1. It might be that a provision could be added to the Bill—I am thinking almost de bene esse at the moment—when it goes to the other House to automatically mandate the Criminal Cases Review Commission to refer those cases. At the moment, someone is required to go to the CCRC to seek the reopening of their case and apply to the Court of Appeal for leave to...
Michael Shanks: ...evidence used around corroboration. There are differences in the convictions. More importantly, the hon. Member for Motherwell and Wishaw spoke about one of the organisations involved—the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, which she rightly said was the body that brought cases for review in Scotland—but she did not mention the accountability aspect. The commission was created...
