Judge steps away from case involving man D.A. says was wrongly convicted
Judge Lee Coffee has recused himself in the case of Andrew Hayes, a man Memphis prosecutors say may have served years for a murder he didn’t commit.
6 November 2026
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RUSSELL BRAND FOUND GUILTY: Here’s a balanced breakdown of the verdict and what happens next
Russell Brand has been convicted of rape and three sexual assaults, and cleared of two rapes and an attempted indecent assault.
5 November 2026
Amy Hamm: Galloway accuser allowed to graduate from UBC without thesis
Former defendant Annabel Lyon testifies about her involvement in the fallout from unsubstantiated rape allegations
4 November 2026
Marvin Anderson: 210 years, and a lab notebook nobody threw away
Convicted at 18 on a rigged photo array, refused a new trial after the real attacker confessed, cleared only because evidence survived by accident.
3 November 2026
Seven prisoners on indefinite jail terms referred to Court of Appeal
The Independent has repeatedly called for all remaining IPP and DPP prisoners to have their sentences reviewed
2 November 2026
Russell Brand’s Defense Argues Channel 4 Film “Poisoned Well Of Justice Deliberately”
The defense in the Russell Brand trial has said the Channel 4 documentary and Times report "poisoned the well of justice."
2 November 2026
BRANDED: Russell’s trial so far, and how tabloids undermine the presumption of innocence
Russell Brand’s trial continues. Here’s everything we know so far.
30 October 2026
The White House Farm massacre phone calls: could a single disputed digit set Jeremy Bamber free?
He has been in prison for 41 years for killing five members of his family. But if a phone call was made to the police by Bamber’s father on the night of the murders – as his team believes – one of the UK’s most notorious criminals could be exonerated
30 October 2026
False Claims of Sexual Assault Damage the Innocent
A jury awarded former MIT professor David Sabatini $6 million against the colleague who accused him of sexual misconduct; Timothy Busfield’s charges were thrown out the same day.
28 October 2026
“Sex Trafficking” laws are a disgrace to America
Michael Tracey on the sentencing of the Alexander Brothers to 30 years each, the novel “thing of value” theory behind their conviction, and a hearing he calls an abomination.
28 October 2026
Did the judge overstep in the Russell Brand trial?
A judge interrupted cross-examination to correct defence counsel, and said “shush, I’m the judge”. Three American lawyers call it error. English procedure may not agree.
27 October 2026
Russell Brand found not guilty of one of seven charges against him, judge rules
A judge at Southwark Crown Court directed jurors to acquit Russell Brand of an indecent assault charge at the midway point of his trial, finding insufficient evidence.
27 October 2026
Are the scales of justice still balanced in Scotland?
Douglas McConnell fears there are now fewer safeguards to protect against wrongful convictions in criminal trials.
26 October 2026
Did the courts get a high-profile Boston murder case wrong?
New questions emerge about a fire that killed two girls — and transfixed the region.
26 October 2026
Are fathers discriminated against in family courts? MPs question the minister
Long waits for expert opinions, disputes over contact with children and questions about the equal treatment of mothers and fathers: one father's story has led Polish MPs to ask the Minister of Justice for data on family-court practice.
24 October 2026
Freed after 20 years in jail for sentence imposed at 17
Luke Ings, given an indefinite detention for public protection sentence at 17 for offences that carried 21 months, has been freed after 20 years when judges quashed it as a ‘very serious error’.
23 October 2026
The White House Farm massacre – new forensic evidence suggests Sheila Caffell killed herself. Is Jeremy Bamber innocent?
In 1985, Bamber was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing five members of his family. Now analysis of crime scene photographs by a leading forensic biologist could exonerate him.
23 October 2026
Cuddington woman remanded in custody after false rape claim
A 19-year-old Cuddington woman who admitted perverting the course of justice with a false rape claim has been remanded in custody over the 'serious risk' she presents to the public.
22 October 2026
Katie Price's ex not guilty of raping girl, 13
Kieran Hayler, who had denied rape, sexual assault and sexual activity with a child, has been acquitted on all counts at Lewes Crown Court.
22 October 2026
Jury awards James Lucien $3M in suit against ex-Boston police detective Brazil
A federal jury awarded James Lucien $3 million against former Boston police detective John Brazil in a wrongful conviction case. He has another suit pending.
21 October 2026
Mother faces £27,100 costs bill for false abuse accusation
£260,000 sought by man wrongly accused of sexual abuse was 'disproportionate', judge rules.
20 October 2026
Steven Galloway was accused of rape. Then her text messages surfaced
A.B. says she came to on Galloway’s office floor while he watched the Canucks game. Her texts show her following that game with her husband, minute by minute.
20 October 2026
Bone Valley, The Prosecutors and the case of Leo Schofield
Two former federal prosecutors set out to debunk an innocence claim and concluded the opposite. Gilbert King, Leo Schofield and The Prosecutors, in conversation.
16 October 2026
Judge dismisses child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield
A New Mexico judge has dismissed an indictment against actor Timothy Busfield that accused him of criminal sexual contact with a child, citing prosecutorial misconduct and errors that undermined the grand jury process.
16 October 2026
Bid to overturn ruling which stops police being sued for failings
MPs are seeking to stop immunity applying when police fabricate evidence or are dishonest or negligent.
11 October 2026
Ex-Deutsche Bank trader jailed for rigging rates has conviction overturned
The Court of Appeal quashes the conviction of Christian Bittar, a former Deutsche Bank trader jailed in 2018.
9 October 2026
Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful
Thames Valley Police have agreed that the warrants used to search the homes of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were unlawful, and his lawyers say evidence seized should be excluded from any criminal trial.
8 October 2026
‘How do you fix 28 years of somebody’s life wrongly taken away?’
Justin Plummer, who spent 28 years in prison after being wrongly convicted twice of a 1998 murder, gives his first television interview to Will Mellor for the Crime+Investigation series Convictions Gone Bad.
7 October 2026
In Landmark Case, Jury Says Falsely Accused Males Are Victims Of Sexual Harassment
A federal jury has found the University of Maryland liable for failing to protect a male student from a smear campaign after he was cleared of sexual assault, in what his lawyer calls the first verdict treating false rape accusations as sex-based harassment.
6 October 2026
Defendant says sorry to former UBC professor days before defamation trial to start
One of several accusers of former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway has issued a lengthy apology just days before a defamation trial in the case is expected to begin.
3 October 2026
Rochester pays $140K to Wisconsin woman falsely accused of crime
The City of Rochester, Minnesota, has paid $140,000 to settle the federal lawsuit of a 69-year-old Eau Claire woman whom three police officers wrongly named as the suspect in a counterfeit-bill case.
2 October 2026
Chicago City Council to weigh $260.8 million settlement for 17 wrongful conviction lawsuits tied to ex-CPD detective Reynaldo Guevara
Chicago taxpayers could soon be shelling out more than $260 million dollars to settle cases tied to allegations that disgraced former police detective Reynaldo Guevara tortured 17 men into false confessions to crimes.
1 October 2026
Glenn Greenwald on the Cornell case and online mob justice
Seven Cornell students named as gang rapists in a civil suit, with no charges brought. Glenn Greenwald on due process, the accuser's own 2024 statement, and mob justice.
30 September 2026
Steven Avery, Brendan Dassey of 'Making a Murderer' fame seek commutations
Nearly 21 years after Teresa Halbach's killing, Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey have applied to Wisconsin's Commutation Advisory Board, and a judge has called commutation for Avery "entirely inappropriate."
30 September 2026
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike receiving medical care after failed execution
Tennessee halted Christa Pike's execution after two rounds of lethal injection drugs failed to kill her, in a two-hour process witnesses said took place largely behind a closed curtain.
30 September 2026
Appeals court stops exoneration in death penalty case
The execution of a woman who claims she was wrongly convicted of killing her 2-year-old daughter has been thrown back into legal limbo.
29 September 2026
Man freed after decades on Utah's death row faces new challenges as legal fight continues
Douglas Carter, released after spending more than four decades on Utah's death row, is adjusting to life outside prison while attorneys seek a finding of factual innocence and potential compensation.
29 September 2026
Scottish CCRC takes another look at controversial 1994 Orkneys murder conviction
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission will review Michael Ross's conviction for the 1994 Mumtaz restaurant murder in Kirkwall, which he has always denied.
29 September 2026
Convicted of a murder he did not commit, Fred Steese struggled after prison
Fred Steese spent two decades in prison for a 1992 Las Vegas murder before judges declared him innocent. He was pardoned and paid about $1.4 million, but his life after prison was troubled. He died in August at 62.
28 September 2026
Jay-Z accuser admits her rape claims against the rapper were false
The woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 has recanted, saying in a court filing that she never met him and that her claims against him were false.
26 September 2026
Justice reforms in the UK and Australia: will the accused still get a fair trial?
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
Short Cuts: Rejected Appeals
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
Judge was 'wrong' to hear case from bed while recovering from surgery
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
Utah psychologist surrenders license after method concerns
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
Court quashes 1976 theft convictions over link to corrupt London police officer
Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who died in 2004, exonerated of mailbag theft after new evidence emerged
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
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
Trans woman who falsely accused multiple men of rape tells the court she lied
Khloe Simmonds, 26, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight counts of perverting the course of justice over false rape allegations spanning seven years
19 September 2026
Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms New Trial for Notre Dame Exoneration Justice Clinic Client Jason Hubbell
The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that the State suppressed evidence pointing to another man, affirming a new trial for Jason Hubbell, who has spent more than 28 years in prison for the 1997 murder of Sharon Myers.
18 September 2026
Thirlwall report: ‘myopic’, ‘too early’ and ‘a mistake’
The Thirlwall inquiry found a complete failure to protect babies at the Countess of Chester — but the Guardian, the Telegraph and Peter Hitchens all asked why it reported at all while the CCRC is still weighing Lucy Letby's convictions.
16 September 2026
Lindsay Clancy tragedy: who are really responsible? A damning exposé
Healthcare researcher Neal K. Shah argues that America's psychiatric system, not Lindsay Clancy alone, bears responsibility for her children's deaths — and asks why no prescriber faces a courtroom.
13 September 2026
Ex-wife jailed for false claims police officer ex-husband is a rapist
Jennifer Pritchard was jailed for a two-month Facebook campaign falsely accusing her police officer ex-husband of being a rapist and a baby killer. It was the second time she had been jailed for inventing allegations against him.
12 September 2026
$14M more set to be paid in settlements tied to disgraced former Chicago police detective Reynaldo Guevara
Chicago faces nearly $14 million more in settlements for two men framed for murder by Detective Reynaldo Guevara, on top of a misconduct bill that has already passed $80 million.
11 September 2026
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.
9 September 2026
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.
9 September 2026
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.
9 September 2026
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.
7 September 2026
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.
4 September 2026
Cardinal Ouellet wins case against woman who accused him of abuse
The Superior Court of Quebec has found that Cardinal Marc Ouellet was falsely accused of sexual assault, awarding him $100,000 in damages against his accuser — money he says he will donate to organisations fighting the abuse of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
1 September 2026
Ex-Sale star whose career was ruined by woman's lies rebuilds life as pilot
Marland Yarde, who played for Sale Sharks, saw his life ruined by a woman's false accusations
29 August 2026
'I am an innocent man': Jerry Sandusky speaks from prison ahead of court hearing
A judge has granted Jerry Sandusky a hearing over an accuser's bid to recant. Speaking by phone from a Pennsylvania prison, the former Penn State coach told ABC7 he was convicted by people with "their own personal agendas".
29 August 2026
Subu Vedam was exonerated a year ago. Family, supporters are still calling for his freedom
During a vigil held Thursday, State College Mayor Ezra Nanes said Vedam’s ongoing detention is an “injustice piled on top of injustice.”
28 August 2026
Australia’s most shocking wrongful prosecutions
One was a cop branded a serial rapist. Another was accused of a nightclub drugging. But these men share one thing in common: they were all innocent.
27 August 2026
TN gov grants commutation to Thomas Clardy, despite exoneration pleas
Gov. Bill Lee commuted Thomas Clardy's life sentence to parole, stopping short of the Board of Parole's recommendation that he be exonerated.
27 August 2026
Convicted murderer Sue Neill-Fraser can now talk to media, law centre says
The Human Rights Law Centre says a restrictive parole condition that stopped Sue Neill-Fraser from being able to claim her innocence in the media has been removed after a court challenge.
25 August 2026
'I always knew the truth': Man falsely imprisoned for 18 years exonerated of O.C. robbery
Guy Miles spent more than 18 years in prison for a 1998 Fullerton robbery he did not commit; Orange County prosecutors have now vacated the conviction after a Conviction Integrity Unit review.
22 August 2026
Musician Ashley MacIsaac ends lawsuit over Google AI summary falsely labelling him a sex offender
Juno-award winning musician Ashley MacIsaac has ended his defamation suit against Google over its AI overview falsely labelling him as a sex offender. He was originally seeking $1.5 million in damages, but filed a notice of discontinuance in July.
19 August 2026
Man who served 30 years for crime he didn't commit sues Albany, detectives for $80M
Corey Young served 30 years for a 1995 Albany shootout he did not commit. He is now suing the city and two detectives for $80 million over coerced witnesses.
19 August 2026
Ohio death row inmate Tyrone Noling gets rare chance to ask parole board for pardon
Tyrone Noling has spent 30 years on Ohio's death row for a double murder he insists he did not commit; a rare clemency hearing let him put recanted testimony and an alternative suspect to the parole board.
19 August 2026
Pueblo woman exonerated of murder sues county, officers
Acacia Lyn-Darr, exonerated in 2025 after nearly 12 years in prison, is suing Pueblo County and its officers over a conviction built on coerced testimony.
19 August 2026
A judge said Queens prosecutors hid evidence. A secret committee cleared them anyway.
George Bell served 24 years in prison before one of the city's highest-profile exonerations.
17 August 2026
Family of man convicted of murder says new hurdle emerged ahead of exoneration hearing
The family of a Memphis man wrongfully convicted of murder said a new hurdle has emerged a week before a hearing that could prove his innocence.
16 August 2026
Police collusion: Judge slams statement sharing
Two NSW Police officers shared witness statements before submitting them as evidence. A judge said it “undermines confidence” in their accounts — then allowed the evidence and ruled the arrest lawful.
15 August 2026
Michael Jackson ‘Second Family’ Child Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Tossed Out of Court
A federal judge sent the Cascio siblings' child sex trafficking claims against the Michael Jackson estate to confidential arbitration, holding that the terms of their 2019 settlement leave him no discretion.
13 August 2026
Alan Hall wrongful conviction case: Former cops not guilty of perverting course of justice
Alan Hall was wrongfully convicted nearly 40 years ago of murdering Arthur Easton. Two former police officers involved in the investigation have been found not guilty of perverting the course of justice.
12 August 2026
Wrongly convicted
Are Australia’s rape reforms jailing innocent men? NSW costs certificates in sexual assault cases leapt from 28% to 67% in three years — and the men who paid.
5 August 2026
Man thrown behind bars over an underscore mark
His name had one “_”. The criminal's had two. He got 18 months anyway.
31 July 2026
Jury speech – hiding under a Bushell
Matt Foot on the unprecedented contempt of court prosecution of Rajiv Menon KC, brought over a closing speech that cited Bushell's Case — the 1670 ruling, commemorated on a tablet at the Old Bailey, that established a jury's right to give its verdict according to its convictions.
15 July 2026
‘It’s over’: Judge returns kids to Valpo couple who says state wrongfully accused them of abuse
A Valparaiso mother and father have their kids back after they say the Indiana Department of Child Services wrongfully accused them of abusing their baby.
7 July 2026
‘Properly shafted’: How the courts failed to get to grips with the wrongful conviction of Eddie Gilfoyle
The psychologist whose report made Merseyside Police suspect Eddie Gilfoyle of murdering his pregnant wife now calls his own advice 'nonsense'.
3 July 2026
One of NZ’s worst miscarriages of justice goes to trial
One of New Zealand’s worst wrongful convictions returned to court yesterday, 40 years after the murder and subsequent police investigation that led to it.
30 June 2026
Former police officers on trial for wrongful conviction of Alan Hall
The two officers are charged with perverting the course of justice in one of New Zealand’s most high profile wrongful convictions.
29 June 2026
PROOF magazine: Ghosts in the System
Filmmakers Fran Robertson and Jemma Gander report from Joe Outlaw's trial, where a jury heard the indefinite IPP sentence itself put on trial.
8 May 2026
Actor Timothy Busfield told detective allegations of child sex abuse were 'disgusting,' audio shows
Newly released body-camera audio captures actor Timothy Busfield denying child sex-abuse allegations to an Albuquerque detective, as his attorney calls the recording 'completely exculpatory.'
16 April 2026
Shamed Scottish Judges
Bettina Arndt on Scottish judges and the push to tilt justice systems toward accusers at the expense of fair trials.
19 February 2026
Lawyers of man convicted of Stephen Carroll murder refer PSNI surveillance to miscarriage of justice body
Brendan McConville’s solicitors have referred his case to the CCRC after a review confirmed the PSNI obtained their communications data ahead of his 2013 appeal.
21 October 2025
Hockey Canada trial showed criminal court is the ultimate reality check
Allegations are one thing. The truth is another. Rushing to judgment before a trial can bridge that gap and it is wrong, reporter Jane Sims argues.
5 August 2025
The Justices Unpick a Stitch-Up
The High Court clears the way for a South Australian man to sue his ex-wife for malicious prosecution over false allegations.
18 July 2025
Andrew Bolt slams process surrounding awarding of compensation to two men who claimed they were abused by George Pell
Sky News host Andrew Bolt has criticised the decision to grant two men compensation by the federal government’s National Redress Scheme for alleged historical…
31 January 2025
The Role of False Memories in Wrongful Convictions
Two Toronto defence lawyers set out how false memories reach the criminal courts, and what R. v Tan and R v SKM show about testing recovered-memory evidence.
16 January 2025
Lucy Letby: Serial killer or a miscarriage of justice?
Mathematicians and statisticians questioned the shift-pattern chart that placed Lucy Letby at every suspicious incident on the Countess of Chester neonatal unit. An extract, with our own diagram of how a chart like that is built.
9 July 2024
Jarryd Hayne's Successful Sexual Assault Appeal: The Reasoning Behind the Judgment
The reasoning behind Jarryd Hayne's successful sexual assault appeal after three trials and two overturned verdicts.
17 June 2024
Derek Bromley granted parole after 40 years
Derek Bromley is granted parole 40 years after his 1984 murder conviction, still maintaining his innocence.
28 March 2024
Faked admission of a rape that didn’t happen
A Sydney judge ruled a rape complainant used a rehearsed script to manipulate the accused into an apology he did not believe. The charges were then dropped.
11 February 2024
Sexual abuse – or justice abused? A priest’s tale
Fr Gordon MacRae's own account of the New Hampshire investigation, the plea deals he refused and the 1994 trial that left him serving 33½ to 67 years.
8 January 2024
Cheerleading coach acquitted of sexually assaulting girls
An Adelaide cheerleading coach who had been accused of sexually assaulting girls at a club is acquitted of all charges, after a judge finds the complainants were "not credible or reliable".
29 September 2023
Special Report – Prosecutors ‘straining impermissibly for a conviction’: eight examples
Eight Australian cases in which judges, lawyers and legal academics say prosecutors strained impermissibly for a conviction — from Gordon Wood to Shane Drumgold.
4 August 2023
Kevin Spacey has been found not guilty of sexual assault, but will his career recover?
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has been cleared of multiple sexual assault charges. Some say he faces an uphill struggle to return to his previous position as a top-ranking star.
27 July 2023
McMaster’s Imaginary Sex Ring
In 2020, a Canadian university tore up its psychology department in search of a non-existent network of sexual predators. Documents obtained by Quillette reveal how administrators allowed it to happen.
14 June 2023
A tendency to wrongful convictions?
Retired NSW public servant Noel Greenaway, 85, is serving 20 years over 1960s Parramatta Girls allegations — a conviction that turned on tendency evidence.
12 June 2023
Corruption Pervades Police Forces in Australia and United Kingdom: Part 2
The headline of a report in the Age Newspaper on Wednesday 22 March 2023 read, “Gobbo seeks immunity deal to dob on police.” Gobbo refers, of course, to Nicola…
3 April 2023
The Stanford Rape Hoax
Jennifer Gries used claims of rape to punish a co-worker. Activists at Stanford used her lies for their own purposes.
3 April 2023
Eleanor Williams jailed for eight and a half years after rape and trafficking lies
Eleanor Williams is jailed for eight and a half years for lying about being raped and trafficked by a grooming gang.
14 March 2023
Is Clive Freeman’s claim of innocence plausible?
Clive Freeman is 79 and in his 35th year in prison for a murder he says never happened. Nine pathologists have since disputed the prosecution pathologist’s conclusion that Alexander Hardie was suffocated — and the CCRC has rejected four applications.
1 March 2023
Scenes from a Marriage
In 2020, a British High Court judge ruled that actor Johnny Depp was probably a “wife beater.” In 2022, an American jury disagreed. Who got it right?
18 January 2023
Mobiles in the dock
Bettina Arndt on courts withholding mobile phone evidence that could clear men accused of sexual assault.
11 January 2023
‘Terrible nightmare’: Bill Spedding’s seven-year ordeal before $1.48 million payout
Bill Spedding was harassed and ostracised after police laid historical sex charges against him during the William Tyrrell investigation. The NSW Supreme Court found the prosecution was malicious.
1 December 2022
Questionable conduct
Bettina Arndt on the Brittany Higgins case and what readers can do about the attack on basic principles of criminal justice.
31 October 2022
Woman's compulsive lies led to ex-boyfriend almost being shot by police
A woman's compulsive lies to police saw her innocent ex-boyfriend jailed twice and confronted by armed officers at his home.
21 October 2022
How a murder case was unravelled by a police interview
How a police interview unravelled the case built in the investigation of the 'execution-style' murder of Lois Tolley.
2 October 2022
The credibility and reliability of memory at trial
When an allegation of abuse dates back decades, probing the reliability of the accuser's memory is often the only defence — and a difficult one to run.
6 September 2022
Amber Heard, Michele Dauber, Emily Doe & #MeToo
Recent tweets by Stanford Law Professor and Amber Heard supporter, Michele Dauber, have viciously attacked Johnny Depp’s attorney Camille Vasquez. Dauber…
3 July 2022
The Supreme Court Ruling on The New Rules of Evidence In Sexual Assault Trials
Admin: A must-read from Joseph A. Neuberger & Diana Davison on alarming developments in Canadian law (Neuberger & Partners LLP, Toronto Criminal Lawyers)
1 July 2022
Woman jailed for year of lies, false complaints, harassment
Nicola Sara Watts was jailed for three years four months over a year of false complaints made through fake email, Snapchat and Facebook accounts.
22 June 2022
Wrongful murder conviction: 'Extremely troubling' issues emerge
The inquiry into Alan Hall's quashed murder conviction must unravel extremely troubling issues about how the case against him was run.
9 June 2022
The jury verdict in the Depp-Heard case: A telling, deserved blow to the #MeToo witch-hunt
A Fairfax County jury found for Johnny Depp against Amber Heard — a significant defeat for the #MeToo witch-hunt and a victory for the presumption of innocence and due process.
3 June 2022
Sydney gynaecologist found not guilty of sexually assaulting patient
A Sydney gynaecologist is found not guilty of sexual assault after a judge found the complainant's account bereft of rational explanation.
10 May 2022
Actor Johnny Depp’s testimony exposes unsubstantiated #MeToo allegations by Amber Heard
Four days into Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard, his testimony paints a very different picture from the #MeToo allegations that damaged his acting career.
23 April 2022
Public are losing faith in police watchdog following wave of scandals including the disastrous VIP child sex abuse inquiry, MPs say
Speaking out: Lady Brittan is seeking justice over the treatment of her husband, the former Home Secretary Leon Brittan, after false allegations were made…
1 March 2022
Will Prince Andrew call a false-memory expert? Professor who testified for Ghislaine Maxwell thinks he might
Prince Andrew has denied allegations made against him by Virginia Giuffre
10 February 2022
Innocent: Redcar man accused of sex attacks on two young girls unanimously cleared by jury
A jury unanimously found Richard Gidney 'not guilty' to every charge he faced
23 November 2021
Data reveals only 14 per cent of child sexual abuse claims before Family Court believed to be true by judges
The authors of a new report into findings in Family Court matters where sexual abuse was alleged say they began the project because of a lack of data.
9 August 2021
Guilty Cosby going free is a win for due process
Gabriel Malor argues Bill Cosby going free is a vindication of the right to due process rather than of Cosby himself.
30 June 2021
Judge notes possible 'self-entitled sense of humour', but finds McLachlan not guilty of assaults
Actor Craig McLachlan is found not guilty of all seven charges of indecent assault and six charges of common assault in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court.
15 December 2020
Incompetent, humiliated criminal system fails again
How a preposterous prosecution of the Cook family collapsed, another humiliating failure of Australia's criminal justice system.
7 September 2020
Long Island woman who made false rape claims denied probation reduction
A Connecticut judge denied a request to cut short probation for a Long Island woman convicted of falsely accusing two former Sacred Heart University football…
26 August 2020
Australia: Exposing the cost of NSW police misconduct
NSW Greens MLC David Shoebridge moved a motion in state parliament on 5 August, calling on the Department of Communities and Justice to release the figures…
14 August 2020
Victoria's Court of Appeal — too many judgements overturned, bring on a CCRC
Victoria's Court of Appeal has had 18 judgements overturned by the High Court in 14 years, making the case for a CCRC.
23 July 2020
Geoffrey Rush case: Daily Telegraph and Nationwide News lose defamation appeal against actor
Oscar winner to be awarded full $2.9m in damages after judges reject all publisher’s grounds of appeal
2 July 2020
Defendant collapsed in the dock before being jailed for telling "pack of lies" about her ex-partner
THERE were dramatic scenes at Worcester Crown Court as a defendant, who went on to be jailed on four counts of perverting the course of justice, collapsed in…
25 June 2020
Robert Xie appeal – was he ‘framed’?
Robert Xie and his wife Kathy Lin say he was framed for the 2009 murders of five of her family. Two extracts from his appeal submissions show why.
24 June 2020
Complainants in sexual assault trials are not to be granted 'better footing' than any other witness or complainant
An appeal court confirms complainants in sexual assault trials are not to be granted better footing than any other witness or complainant.
18 June 2020
Jailed fantasist Carl Beech ordered to compensate Harvey Proctor
Jailed fantasist Carl Beech will have to hand over his assets of £23,960 to his only living victim, the former MP Harvey Proctor, a judge has ruled.
9 June 2020
Another CCRC established … but still not in Australia
New Zealand's Criminal Cases Review Commission opens for applications on 1 July 2020, leaving Australia the outlier with no equivalent body.
24 May 2020
#MeToo: Harvey Weinstein’s nemesis Ronan Farrow ‘too good to be true’
In less than three years Ronan Farrow has become the most widely admired journalist in America for a series of scoops that began with an explosive story about…
19 May 2020
Man sues over false rape charges by his ex
A Sydney man sues his former wife, NSW Police and a crown prosecutor for malicious prosecution over false rape charges.
1 May 2020
George Pell: Court quashes cardinal's sexual abuse conviction
Australia's High Court unanimously quashed Cardinal George Pell's conviction for sexually abusing two choirboys, freeing him after more than 400 days in jail.
7 April 2020
The New York Times gloats over the destruction of “the Monster” Weinstein
Weinstein’s conviction has established the “breakthrough” principle that a criminal conviction can be secured without reliable and verifiable evidence. The working class and poor will suffer the consequences.
26 February 2020
Police officer charged with falsifying evidence cries in court
A policewoman cried when she appeared in court today with three other officers all accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
6 January 2020
Pell the suppliant
As the High Court refers George Pell's special leave application to a full bench, Jeremy Gans recalls the court's 1922 refusal to hear Colin Ross, hanged for a murder he was posthumously pardoned of.
19 November 2019
Henriques report into Operation Midland: Met ‘broke law’ over Carl Beech abuse case
Sir Richard Henriques’s review found Met officers unlawfully misled a judge to obtain warrants against public figures falsely accused by Carl Beech.
5 October 2019
Operation Midland: how the police fell for VIP abuse fantasist
The Met had vowed not to shy from historical sex abuse after the Jimmy Saville scandal
5 October 2019
Carl Beech: Liar, fraudster and paedophile
For 18 months Carl Beech was the star witness in a Met inquiry into a VIP paedophile ring that never existed. He was jailed for 18 years in 2019.
26 July 2019
"Making a Murderer" returns with a new Steven Avery lawyer to obsess over: Kathleen Zellner
Steven Avery's and Brendan Dassey's cases have stayed in the news since season 1. Zellner gives new reason to watch
19 October 2018
High School Girls Admitted to Making False Sexual Assault Accusations Against a Male Student Because They 'Just Don't Like Him'
Seneca Valley girls admitted making false sexual assault accusations against a male student because they 'just don't like him'.
17 October 2018
The Crucible: the perfect play for our post-truth times
In the 50s, Arthur Miller used 17th-century Salem to comment on the ‘red scare’. His drama is chillingly pertinent in the first weeks of Trump’s presidency
15 February 2017
On the trail of the IICSAthon
On the trail of the IICSAthon Part 2: Still waters running deep and the trigger that opened the floodgates
22 September 2016
Mud sticks: new study into ‘living hell’ of the wrongly accused
An Oxford study of 30 interviews finds teachers and carers cleared of abuse are ‘a new and growing class of victims’, left with wrecked careers and enduring trauma.
19 May 2016
The Consequences of False Accusation Cases in NSW (Australia)
Have you ever been the subject of a false accusation that led to you being investigated, or even charged with a criminal offense?
28 May 2014