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 ...

Women’s prisons have ‘astonishing gaps in basic decency’ and an ‘overreliance’ on physical force according to new research which examined conditions in four jails. Self-harm among women in prison has ...

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 ...

Frances Crook believes ‘politicians are still stuck in the 1950s’ when it comes to our criminal justice system. For 35 years, she has been at the helm of the Howard League for Penal Reform, trying to ...

The current inquiries into historical child abuse in England and Wales and in Scotland entail that, once again, the actions of residential care workers come under heightened scrutiny. As a former ...

A international panel of neonatologists and medical experts reviewing the deaths of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital has found no evidence of murder by the former nurse Lucy Letby – instead ...

Almost 800 years of additional time imposed on inmates for rule breaking last year has exacerbated overcrowding, resentment and safety issues in prisons, a leading charity has warned. Report by Piers ...

In his article of 9th February 2024 on the Justice Gap, “If Justice were a delusion, it would not be worth fighting for,” Here Francis Fitzgibbon KC initially suggests that I now think that the ...

The miscarriage of justice watchdog has referred the conviction of the final member of the ‘Stockwell Six’ more than than 50 years after being convicted. Ronald De Souza was convicted on 22 September ...

The Westminster inquiry into joint enterprise yesterday began its call for written evidence into the controversial common law doctrine that allows multiple people to be prosecuted and punished for the ...

The government plans to double funding towards neighbourhood policing teams, investing £200 million in the next financial year. The funding aims to ensure the government meet their target of ...

Reported incidents of rape and sexual assault have risen fourfold in the past decade, according to a new report that says the Home Office has made ‘little progress’ to improve the situation. One in 12 ...