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01 March 2003

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Lawyers fear review body is failing the innocent, Bob Woffinden. Times Law, 29.4.03, p.5. Article on the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), a body established six years ago to identify miscarriages of justice. After its launch it was criticised by campaigners for effectively staunching a flood of overturned convictions during the 1990s (ie. Birmingham 6, Guildford 4, Bridgewater 4, Cardiff 3). Woffinden records a new wave of discontent, noting "that it is failing to refer meritorious cases to appeal, taking too long to consider those that are referred and rejecting some just to improve clear-up figures."

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