Wrongful Convictions · False Allegations · Memory & the Courts
Jon Robins · 16 September 2026
The Thirlwall inquiry found a complete failure to protect babies at the Countess of Chester — but the Guardian, the Telegraph and Peter Hitchens all asked why it reported at all while the CCRC is still weighing Lucy Letby's convictions.
Herbert Paine reviews Black Theatre Troupe's Phoenix staging of the Blank and Jensen documentary play, built from the testimony of six people who were sentenced to death and later exonerated.
14 September 2026
Healthcare researcher Neal K. Shah argues that America's psychiatric system, not Lindsay Clancy alone, bears responsibility for her children's deaths — and asks why no prescriber faces a courtroom.
13 September 2026
Jennifer Pritchard was jailed for a two-month Facebook campaign falsely accusing her police officer ex-husband of being a rapist and a baby killer. It was the second time she had been jailed for inventing allegations against him.
12 September 2026
Chicago faces nearly $14 million more in settlements for two men framed for murder by Detective Reynaldo Guevara, on top of a misconduct bill that has already passed $80 million.
11 September 2026
Appeal's campaign would make the state review the case files of every police officer sent to prison, so a corrupt officer's wrongful convictions surface.
11 September 2026
Michael Pfleger's lawyer says the Archdiocese of Chicago removed the priest five days before it interviewed his accuser, whose account it found not credible.
10 September 2026
When a priest is accused of sex abuse, should they be removed before an investigation is complete?
10 September 2026
More than 100 lawyers stood in silence outside the Old Bailey in support of Rajiv Menon KC, who faces an unprecedented contempt of court prosecution carrying up to two years' imprisonment over his closing speech to a jury in a protest trial.
9 September 2026
Stacey Sharples was jailed for four-and-a-half years in March after admitting 10 counts of perverting the course of justice. The Court of Appeal has ruled that term unduly lenient and increased it to seven years.
9 September 2026