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Anti-Apartheid protesters’ historic convictions overturned by Crown Court

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Q&A with the CCRC Board

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The Criminal Cases Review Commission invited members of the public to ask questions following its third annual Open Board meeting on Tuesday 29 November 2022.

Post Office workers offered support on challenging Horizon convictions after 64th case is referred back to the courts 

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Post Office Horizon referral is 64th case referred back to Crown Court by CCRC

Concerns over three police officers’ credibility sees 1980s murder case referred back to the courts

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Potential jury misdirection results in conviction being referred back to the courts

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Modern standards of fairness, and a change in expert opinion form basis of the Oliver Campbell referral to the Court of Appeal  

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CCRC invites everyone to observe its 3rd annual Open Board meeting

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No grounds to refer murder case back to the Court of Appeal

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Fraud conviction overturned after latest CCRC Post Office referral

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A former post office worker has had her conviction of fraud by abuse of position overturned following a referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).

Anti-apartheid protesters’ historic convictions referred back to the courts due to undeclared presence of an undercover police officer in group that blocked England rugby team’s bus

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Anti-apartheid protesters’ historic convictions referred back to the courts due to undeclared presence of an undercover police officer in group that blocked England rugby team’s bus