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Research paper thumbnail of Justice should not depend on luck: Gabe Tan argues that fresh evidence should not be needed to prove innocence

Research paper thumbnail of Applicant Solicitors: Friends or Foes?

The Criminal Cases Review Commission, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of The right to access DNA testing by alleged innocent victims of wrongful convictions in the United Kingdom?

The International Journal of Evidence & Proof, 2010

This article identifies two distinct cases of alleged wrongful conviction that were investigated ... more This article identifies two distinct cases of alleged wrongful conviction that were investigated by the University of Bristol Innocence Project (UoBIP) where the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the official body that deals with alleged miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has failed to utilise DeoxyriboNucleic Acid (DNA) testing that may exonerate the applicant: a case where numerous crime scene exhibits exist that has never been subjected to any DNA testing; and a case that has not been subjected to the full range of DNA tests that could be conducted to validate the applicant's claim of factual innocence. It draws from the right to share the benefits of scientific advancements contained in the International Bill of Rights to argue that access to official DNA testing for alleged innocent victims of wrongful convictions is vital to determine the reliability of contested

Research paper thumbnail of The need for caution in the use of DNA evidence to avoid convicting the innocent

The International Journal of Evidence & Proof, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Structuration Theory and Wrongful Imprisonment: From ‘Victimhood’ to ‘Survivorship’?

Building on existing research from a zemiological approach, this article seeks to contribute to a... more Building on existing research from a zemiological approach, this article seeks to contribute to a more ontological understanding of the production and reproduction of harms associated with wrongful imprisonment in England and Wales. Drawing from Anthony Giddens’s theory of structuration, it is argued that whilst the harms of wrongful imprisonment are both complex and devastating, victims need not be perceived

Research paper thumbnail of Justice should not depend on luck: Gabe Tan argues that fresh evidence should not be needed to prove innocence

Research paper thumbnail of Applicant Solicitors: Friends or Foes?

The Criminal Cases Review Commission, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of The right to access DNA testing by alleged innocent victims of wrongful convictions in the United Kingdom?

The International Journal of Evidence & Proof, 2010

This article identifies two distinct cases of alleged wrongful conviction that were investigated ... more This article identifies two distinct cases of alleged wrongful conviction that were investigated by the University of Bristol Innocence Project (UoBIP) where the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the official body that deals with alleged miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has failed to utilise DeoxyriboNucleic Acid (DNA) testing that may exonerate the applicant: a case where numerous crime scene exhibits exist that has never been subjected to any DNA testing; and a case that has not been subjected to the full range of DNA tests that could be conducted to validate the applicant's claim of factual innocence. It draws from the right to share the benefits of scientific advancements contained in the International Bill of Rights to argue that access to official DNA testing for alleged innocent victims of wrongful convictions is vital to determine the reliability of contested

Research paper thumbnail of The need for caution in the use of DNA evidence to avoid convicting the innocent

The International Journal of Evidence & Proof, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Structuration Theory and Wrongful Imprisonment: From ‘Victimhood’ to ‘Survivorship’?

Building on existing research from a zemiological approach, this article seeks to contribute to a... more Building on existing research from a zemiological approach, this article seeks to contribute to a more ontological understanding of the production and reproduction of harms associated with wrongful imprisonment in England and Wales. Drawing from Anthony Giddens’s theory of structuration, it is argued that whilst the harms of wrongful imprisonment are both complex and devastating, victims need not be perceived

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