The Criminal Cases Review Commission
Subtitle: hope for the innocent?
By: edited by Michael Naughton ; [forewords by Michael Mansfield and Michael Zander]
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780230219380
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 (p. 229-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Michael Naughton; title: The importance of innocence for the criminal justice system / Michael Naughton; title: Thoughts from a victim suport worker / Hazel Keirle; title: Challenging the refusal to investigate evidence neglected by trial lawyers / Andrew Green; title: The failure to live up to its stated values? The case of Michael Attwooll and John Roden; title: The Failure of the review of the possible wrongful convictions caused by Michael Heath / Satish Sekar; title: Historical abuse cases : why they expose the inadequacy of the real possibility test / Mark Newby; title: Only the freshest will do / Campbell Malone; title: Applicant solicitors : friends or foes? / Glyn Maddocks and Gabe Tan; title: The inadequacy of legal aid / Steven Bird; title: After 10 years : an investment in Justice? / Richard Nobles and David Schiff; title: Real possibility or fat chance? / Kevin Kerrigan; title: Press and release : UK news coverage of the CCRC since 1996 / Paul Mason; title: The CCRC as an option for Canada : forwards or backwards? / Clive Walker and  Kathryn Campbell; title: A view from the United States / Robert Schehr.