Wrongful Convictions · False Allegations · Memory & the Courts
False Allegations Hub · 3 November 2026
Convicted at 18 on a rigged photo array, refused a new trial after the real attacker confessed, cleared only because evidence survived by accident.
The Independent has repeatedly called for all remaining IPP and DPP prisoners to have their sentences reviewed
2 November 2026
Allan Avery, the father of Making a Murderer's Steven Avery, has died at the age of 89 - and he continued to be son's 'strongest supporter' right up until the end
2 November 2026
Father says family felt officers did ‘not tell the truth’ about what happened after handcuffed teenager bled to death
2 November 2026
The defense in the Russell Brand trial has said the Channel 4 documentary and Times report "poisoned the well of justice."
2 November 2026
AI-integrated facial recognition software is creating "Kafkaesque nightmares" for shoppers throughout the UK.
1 November 2026
The rules says the first account in a sexual assault investigation must be given to the police. Channel 4 and The Times didn’t agree, in this particular case.
1 November 2026
The victim - who at one point was arrested and charged - nearly had his life 'ruined' by 'fantasist' Courtney Clapham's 'evil lies' which she also 'plastered all over social media'
31 October 2026
Carl Case was 19 when he was sentenced to life for the 1982 rape and murder of a teenage girl. After 44 years behind bars, a judge has ruled him innocent.
30 October 2026
After serving nearly 10 years in prison for a crime a federal court found he didn’t commit, Jarrett Adams (JD ’15) is fighting for the wrongfully convicted.
30 October 2026