Wrongful Convictions · False Allegations · Memory & the Courts
Michael Tracey · 28 October 2026
Michael Tracey on the sentencing of the Alexander Brothers to 30 years each, the novel “thing of value” theory behind their conviction, and a hearing he calls an abomination.
Eileen Franklin's best friend’s murder went cold. A recovered childhood memory put her father in prison — no physical evidence. Then the memory went on trial.
27 October 2026
A judge interrupted cross-examination to correct defence counsel, and said “shush, I’m the judge”. Three American lawyers call it error. English procedure may not agree.
27 October 2026
A judge at Southwark Crown Court directed jurors to acquit Russell Brand of an indecent assault charge at the midway point of his trial, finding insufficient evidence.
27 October 2026
Douglas McConnell fears there are now fewer safeguards to protect against wrongful convictions in criminal trials.
26 October 2026
New questions emerge about a fire that killed two girls — and transfixed the region.
26 October 2026
Usman Hamid, the Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, on decades of smears, death threats and a military disinformation campaign branding him a 'foreign agent'.
26 October 2026
Corey Williams, sentenced to death at 16 and later released after 20 years, says judicial candidate Hugo Holland should not be on the bench after judges found he withheld evidence in death penalty cases.
26 October 2026
In claiming a campus rape crisis, the university’s students are egged on by radical professors who betray the cause of reason for an ideology of victimhood.
25 October 2026
Cardinal Blase Cupich sends letters informing parishes that a child sex abuse allegation against Fr. Kenneth Fleck is deemed "unfounded."
25 October 2026