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Also, genuine MOJ are few and far between.
Genuine or not there must be about 700 waiting to be assessed, so what's happened that it's arrived at this state ?
For the handful who were sadly, wrongly hanged there certainly have been many more which have been MOJ's over the years for all the technology etc. There shouldn't be such things as MOJ's if investigations were carried out properly and appropriately.
I’m not sure you have a realistic understanding of why miscarriages of justice occur. There are many potential reasons, often depending on the complexity of the case material and complexity of the evidence involved. Carrying out investigations ‘properly and appropriately’ is only a very small part. Trial by jury is an adversarial process. The case may have been investigated 100% ‘properly and appropriately,’ but a poor performance by counsel, poor performance under cross examination from defendants, poor evidence by witnesses....... and quite easily verdicts can be reached which lead to claims that they are a miscarriage of justice.
Interestingly my daughter works with " older " cops and by all accounts I'm on the same wave-length as they are with thoughts on certain subjects of law being very similar. One's a dog-handler. On the other side of the coin is a much younger officer who's ready to arrest anyone without a second thought. He'll never learn ! Over zealousness is never good.
A worrying statistic is of all the cases which are brought to the CCRC, 40% of these are erroneously brought and are struck out immediately. This is one factor in why so much time is taken up with time wasted on these cases. Equally, the CCRC have a budget of only £5 million per year. Most commissioners only work 1 (ONE) day per week. Is it any wonder that cases take so long to process.
One of the hardest cases to hear was a man who erroneously served 19 years for murder before his conviction was overturned and he was freed immediately. When he received compensation for his wrongful conviction, £75,000 was then deducted for ‘board and lodging’ for his time spent in prison. (Sadly this is not a joke)