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Malkinson criticises compensation & to pay for his imprisonment

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Andrew Malkinson has criticized the maximum amount of compensation payable under the miscarriage of justice compensation scheme, which capped £1 million for more than 10 years’ imprisonment. The 57-year-old’s conviction was quashed on July 26 after DNA linked another man … Continue reading Malkinson criticises compensation & to pay for his imprisonment

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The Post Office Scandal – The UK’s Biggest Legal Miscarriage of Justice

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The British Post Office scandal involved 736 prosecutions of sub-postmasters for theft, false accounting and/or fraud. The prosecutions resulted in criminal convictions, false confessions, imprisonments, defamation, loss of livelihood, bankruptcy, divorce, and suicide. In 1999, International Computers Limited (ICL) company … Continue reading The Post Office Scandal – The UK’s Biggest Legal Miscarriage of Justice