The Criminal Cases Review Commission
Subtitle: hope for the innocent?
By: edited by Michael Naughton.
Contributors: Naughton, Michael, 1962-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230219380
Subjects: Great Britain. -- Criminal Cases Review Commission; Appellate procedure -- Great Britain; Judicial review -- Great Britain; Judicial error -- Great Britain; Criminal procedure -- Great Britain
Description: "This book focuses on the world's first publicly-funded body- the Criminal Cases Review Commission- to review alleged miscarriages of justice, set up following notorious cases such as the Birmingham Six in the UK. Providing a critique of its operations, the book shows that its help to innocent victims of wrongful conviction is merely incidental"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: M.Naughton * PART I: SETTING THE SCENE * The Importance of Innocence for the Criminal Justice System; title: M.Naughton * PART II: VOLUNTARY SECTOR PERSPECTIVES* Some General Thoughts on the CCRC From on the Ground; title: H.Kierle * The CCRC's Failure to Investigate Evidence Unused at Trial to Make Good the Deficiencies of Defence Lawyers; title: A.Green* The CCRCs Failure to Live Up to its Stated Values?: The Case of Michael Attwooll and John Roden; title: D.Eady * The Failure of the CCRCs Review of the Possible Wrongful Convictions Caused by Michael Heath; title: S.Sekar * PART III: PRACTITIONER PERSPECTIVES * Historical Abuse Cases: Why They Expose the Inadequacy of the Real Possibility Test; title: M.Newby * Only the Freshest Will Do; title: C.Malone * The CCRC and Applicant Solicitors: Friends or Foes?; title: G.Maddocks &; title: G.Tan * The Inadequacy of the Funding for Applications to the CCRC; title: S.Bird * PART IV: ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES * The CCRC After 10 Years: An Investment in Justice?; R.Nobles &; title: D.Schiff * Real Possibility or Fat Chance?; title: K.Kerrigan * Press and Release: UK News Coverage of the CCRC Since 1996; P.Mason * The CCRC as an Option for Canada: Forwards or Backwards?; title: C.Walker & K.Campbell * The CCRC As Seen From the United States; title: R.Schehr * PART V: CONCLUSION * Conclusion; title: M.Naughton * References * Index Introduction; title: M.Naughton * PART I: SETTING THE SCENE * The Importance of Innocence for the Criminal Justice System; title: M.Naughton * PART II: VOLUNTARY SECTOR PERSPECTIVES* Some General Thoughts on the CCRC From on the Ground; title: H.Kierle * The CCRC's Failure to Investigate Evidence Unused at Trial to Make Good the Deficiencies of Defence Lawyers; title: A.Green* The CCRCs Failure to Live Up to its Stated Values?: The Case of Michael Attwooll and John Roden; title: D.Eady * The Failure of the CCRCs Review of the Possible Wrongful Convictions Caused by Michael Heath; title: S.Sekar * PART III: PRACTITIONER PERSPECTIVES * Historical Abuse Cases: Why They Expose the Inadequacy of the Real Possibility Test; title: M.Newby * Only the Freshest Will Do; title: C.Malone * The CCRC and Applicant Solicitors: Friends or Foes?; title: G.Maddocks &; title: G.Tan * The Inadequacy of the Funding for Applications to the CCRC; title: S.Bird * PART IV: ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES * The CCRC After 10 Years: An Investment in Justice?; R.Nobles &; title: D.Schiff * Real Possibility or Fat Chance?; title: K.Kerrigan * Press and Release: UK News Coverage of the CCRC Since 1996; P.Mason * The CCRC as an Option for Canada: Forwards or Backwards?; title: C.Walker & K.Campbell * The CCRC As Seen From the United States; title: R.Schehr * PART V: CONCLUSION * Conclusion; title: M.Naughton * References * Index .