Category: Human Rights
Musician found dead after fleeing police (inquest hears)
A musician was found dead in a Sheffield canal five days after fleeing a police search, his inquest heard. Wayne Hamilton, of Albert Road, Heeley, ran after officers stopped friend Lewis Trotman’s car on Shirland Lane, Attercliffe, Sheffield, in the
Unproven science used to ‘explain’ custody deaths
‘Excited delirium’ or ‘sudden-in-custody-death-syndrome’ is a niche diagnosis not yet recognised by the World Health Organisation or any international authority. A number of leading pathologists have expressed concern about the use of the term in inquests.
Police told to reopen Chhokar case
A police force has been told to reopen the investigation into the murder of an Asian man more than 13 years ago. The family of Surjit Singh Chhokar met with Scotland's top law officer today who confirmed Strathclyde Police have
NAACP invokes Troy Davis legacy in anti-death penalty drive
Motivated by the tragic execution of Troy Davis in Georgia last September, the NAACP has renewed its fight to make the death penalty a part of America’s past. Over the next year, NAACP state representatives in several key states will
18 years on: reflections on the Stephen Lawrence verdict
History will recognise that the indefatigable campaigning of Stephen Lawrence’s parents has done more to change this country than a mountain of race relations legislation. brap chief executive Joy Warmington reflects on the lessons of the Stephen Lawrence murder.
New law will send women to jail needlessly, peers warn
Thousands of women will be sent to jail needlessly if new criminal justice legislation is allowed into law in its current form, a group of cross-party peers warn this weekend ahead of a vote in the House of Lords. A
Unlawful restraint widespread in child jails for a decade, says judge
The unlawful use of restraint was widespread in privately run child jails in Britain for at least a decade, a high court judge has ruled for the first time. Mr Justice Foskett said statutory agencies had failed to take action
Terror suspect interview ruling due
The High Court is to rule on a challenge by the BBC over a Government refusal to allow it to film and broadcast an interview with a terror suspect detained in the UK for more than seven years without trial.
JENGbA calls for review of Joint Enterprise law (in the UK)
The Stephen Lawrence murder trial convicted two men out of a wider group of suspects. Their prosecution was brought under the little-understood law of Joint Enterprise. In such cases, those peripherally associated can be found guilty while the actual perpetrators
Police held diary that could have been used in Eddie Gilfoyle trial
A diary which could have been used as evidence in the trial of a man jailed for murdering his eight and a half months pregnant wife was not made available by Merseyside Police. Eddie Gilfoyle was locked up in 1993
