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POOR people are pleading guilty to crimes they did not commit because they can’t afford to pay new court fees, a Labour MP said yesterday.
Tulip Siddiq raised concerns in a Westminster Hall debate that charges introduced by the Tories are behind a rising number of miscarriages of justice.
Since April, convicted criminals have been liable to pay up to £1,200 towards the cost of their court case.
NORMA AUSTIN HART reports from a conference on on the rights of women prisoners in the Scottish criminal justice system
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury