The last woman to be hanged in the UK has been formally pardoned, her death sentence posthumously commuted for life in prison ...

The man convicted of the murder of Lin and Megan Russell in 1996 is to have a new DNA sample taken this week as part of his ...

Can the latter motivation lead the viewer to ask a deeper set of questions about justice in cases of joint enterprise? Dr ...

The results of a secret inquiry into MI5 have found serious failings in the way they handled a misogynistic and abusive agent ...

Fifty years after the Guildford bombings, startling new forensic evidence in the case is apparently being sat on by the body ...

The CPS is currently changing the wording of the crown prosecutors’ code to tackle ‘unconscious bias’ as a result of concerns ...

On 7 and 8 July, the High Court in London will hear a case that asks a deceptively simple question: are workers who lose ...

Prisons in England and Wales are still failing to provide basic education, work and training, leaving many prisoners locked ...

Almost lost amid the avalanche of publicity which accompanied the release of the Birmingham Six on 14 March 1991 was an announcement from Home Secretary Kenneth Baker MP. A Royal Commission was to be ...

Murder is to intentionally take another’s life. For such a heinous crime there must be an equally severe punishment. Something to hurt the perpetrator, deter others and protect society from further ...

A serial liar who made false allegations of historical abuse lead to the wrongful imprisonment of a firefighter with an unblemished record of public service has been charged with perverting the course ...