Court quashes 1976 theft convictions over link to corrupt London police officer
Kevin Rawlinson · 22 September 2026
Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who died in 2004, exonerated of mailbag theft after new evidence emerged
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Wrongfully accused in a deadly Florida crash, Lindsey Isaacs will testify before the U.S. Senate about surveillance camera technology.
22 September 2026
Remember: You might be wrong
A Montana lawyer from a family of prosecutors argues that mistaken eyewitness testimony and pressure on doubting jurors send innocent people to prison — and that those who doubt deserve respect.
22 September 2026
Sexual assault survivors will be able to pre-record testimony under proposed NSW reforms
The NSW government plans to let complainants in adult sexual assault trials give pre-recorded evidence-in-chief, trial ground rules hearings in three District Courts, and narrow court access to counselling records.
22 September 2026
England, Wales roll out specialist rape courtrooms to cut delays
More than 15,000 sexual offense cases are clogging England and Wales’ senior criminal court, with survivors often waiting months or years for a trial.
21 September 2026
Michigan got wrongful-conviction compensation right
A retired civil rights attorney contrasts Michigan's compensation law for the wrongly convicted, which lets exonerees also sue, with Indiana's, which pays only if they give up the right to sue forever.
21 September 2026
MPs, trade unions and police call for a Royal Commission on the Justice System
MPs, unions and police leaders urge the Prime Minister to order a Royal Commission on prisons and the justice system instead of piecemeal reviews.
21 September 2026
PRESS RELEASE: Man Wrongly Convicted of Sexual Abuse Files Federal Lawsuit Against Lewis County, Following Suit Against the State of Washington
Jordan D. Coleman filed a federal lawsuit against Lewis County, WA over his wrongful conviction for sexual assault of a minor.
21 September 2026
Margaret Gardener on the psychological impact of false accusations
Ros Burnett called it the lowest circle of hell. The director of FASO on what a false allegation of sexual abuse does to the accused and their family.
21 September 2026
Police hiring standards matter. But they alone cannot stop abuse
Research on who becomes an abusive officer is real but partial, argues Jordan DeVylder — and the US rate of police killings cannot be explained by recruitment screening alone.
19 September 2026