Courts

Lawyers come out in silent vigil for Rajiv Menon

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.

Courts

Mother from Bolton who falsely accused 10 men of rape has jail term increased

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.

False rape allegations

Woman’s sentence increased after multiple false rape allegations

A woman who lied to the police falsely accusing ten innocent men of rape had her sentence increased following intervention by the Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP.

Police

Nonprofits sue DOJ over refusal to provide public records on now-defunct national police accountability database

Four organisations have sued the Department of Justice in federal court after it failed to release records on the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database, a federal police misconduct registry created in 2023 and shut down in early 2025.

False rape allegations

Woman jailed after falsely accusing multiple men of rape

Khloe Simmonds was jailed for seven and a half years for eight counts of perverting the course of justice, after making false rape allegations against a series of men between 2018 and 2026.

USA

Family of Milwaukee man falsely accused of threatening Trump plans to sue DHS

A planned lawsuit claims the Department of Homeland Security lied when it accused Ramón Morales Reyes of threatening assassination.

Iris Seabolt, Notre Dame attorneys discuss her exoneration

Iris Seabolt's felony murder conviction has been dismissed after 23 years, ending a case built on jailhouse informants who later admitted they had lied.

False allegations

September 9th Is International Falsely Accused Day

Wendy McElroy on International Falsely Accused Day, marked each 9 September on Simon Warr's birthday, and why the safeguards of Western jurisprudence exist precisely because accusers sometimes lie.

Canada

Cardinal Ouellet Was a “Victim of Defamation”: His Accuser Ordered to Pay Compensation

The Superior Court of Quebec has ruled that Cardinal Marc Ouellet was the victim of slander and defamation and falsely accused of sexual violence, ordering his accuser to pay 100,000 Canadian dollars for the damage to his reputation.