Wrongful Convictions · False Allegations · Memory & the Courts
Deja Davis · 6 November 2026
Judge Lee Coffee has recused himself in the case of Andrew Hayes, a man Memphis prosecutors say may have served years for a murder he didn’t commit.
Carl Beech was freed in February and the men he falsely accused were never told. Lady Brittan on the campaign to have the falsely accused recognised in law.
5 November 2026
Russell Brand has been convicted of rape and three sexual assaults, and cleared of two rapes and an attempted indecent assault.
5 November 2026
The criminal Court of Appeal is “a court of law, not a court of justice”. Stephen Phelps argues it has become too restrictive to catch wrongful convictions.
5 November 2026
Former defendant Annabel Lyon testifies about her involvement in the fallout from unsubstantiated rape allegations
4 November 2026
Warrington man Ryan Hampson campaigns to change law after forged DNA results falsely named him as a child’s father for more than two years.
4 November 2026
A woman who accused an international football team member of sexual assault at a central Auckland hotel has been charged with making a false statement after police found the claim unsubstantiated.
4 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.
3 November 2026
John Anthony Holmes spent more than 17 years in Virginia prisons before the Court of Appeals vacated all eight of his convictions after his daughters recanted.
2 November 2026
The Independent has repeatedly called for all remaining IPP and DPP prisoners to have their sentences reviewed
2 November 2026