The wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson has been making headlines since summer. But did you know that more than 1,500 potential miscarriages of justice are sent to the Criminal Cases Review Commission each year? Even more shockingly, less than 30 of these actually make it back to the Court of Appeal.

In this episode, hosts Rob and Penelope are joined by Dr Jon Robins, freelance journalist, and Matt Foot, co-Director of Appeal, to discuss the uphill battle to overturn wrongful convictions, and what happens after someone is confirmed innocent.

Jon Robins @JusticeGap

Read Jon’s book here: ⁠https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guilty-Until-Proven-Innocent-Robins/dp/1785903691⁠

Read more about miscarriages of justice here: ⁠https://www.thejusticegap.com/category/miscarriages-of-justice/⁠

Matt Foot @we_are_APPEAL

Read more about Appeal’s work on miscarriage of justice cases: ⁠https://appeal.org.uk/andy-malkinson⁠

Cases mentioned:
Andy Malkinson
Victor Nealon
Eddie Gilfoyle
Tony Stock
Omar Benguit
Sam Hallam

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The Transform Justice podcast is hosted by Penelope Gibbs and Rob Allen and produced and edited by Alexandra Kimmons. With thanks to Mountford Chambers for use of their space.