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Press releases

  • 14th January 2011

    Commission statement on the Court of Appeal decision to uphold the conviction of Simon Hall

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission referred the murder conviction of Simon Hall to the Court of Appeal in October 2009. The CCRC said: The Commission identified specific aspects of forensic evidence that, in our view, raised the real possibility that the court might quash Mr Hall’s conviction and we referred the case to the Court … Read more >


  • 12th January 2011

    Commission refers the conspiracy to murder conviction of Paul Arden to the Court of Appeal

    The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the conviction of Paul Arden to the Court of Appeal. In 2003 Mr Arden was tried along with six others on a charge of conspiracy to murder Paul Reilly, who was shot dead in the Cheadle Hulme area of Manchester on 18th January 2001. Mr Arden pleaded not … Read more >


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Criminal Cases Review Commission

The Criminal Cases Review Commission is the independent public body set up to investigate possible miscarriages of justice. The Commission assesses whether convictions or sentences should be referred to a court of appeal.

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