Wrongful Convictions · False Allegations · Memory & the Courts
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New rape courtrooms in England and Wales and pre-recorded evidence in NSW are sold as easing delays and stress for complainants. What about a fair trial for the accused?
25 September 2026
Matt Foot on the Court of Appeal's refusal to reckon with its own failures: Andrew Malkinson, Oliver Campbell, Justin Plummer and Peter Sullivan all had earlier appeals rejected before their convictions were finally quashed.
24 September 2026
The Court of Appeal found a deputy High Court judge should not have heard a suspended optometrist's appeal by video link from his bed, the day after surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon, though it ruled the hearing caused no injustice.
23 September 2026
The therapist who helped four relatives "recover" abuse memories behind 23 felony charges against Ruth Worthen has surrendered her Utah license, admitting her methods risked false memories.
23 September 2026
Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who died in 2004, exonerated of mailbag theft after new evidence emerged
22 September 2026
Gable Steveson addressed more than just his loss at UFC 331 in his first statement since suffering a knockout loss.
22 September 2026
Wrongfully accused in a deadly Florida crash, Lindsey Isaacs will testify before the U.S. Senate about surveillance camera technology.
22 September 2026
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
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
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