Wrongful Convictions · False Allegations · Memory & the Courts
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Carl Beech was freed in February and the men he falsely accused were never told. Lady Brittan on the campaign to have the falsely accused recognised in law.
5 November 2026
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
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
A UBC creative writing chair was fired over allegations a retired judge found unsubstantiated. Jonathan Kay on the CanLit mobbing, as Galloway's libel trial runs.
20 October 2026
Queensland's DPP has dropped its EMDR safeguards and NSW may follow. The science on therapy and memory is unsettled, and a pre-therapy record protects everyone.
20 October 2026
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
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
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
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