Barry George in compensation case
Barry George, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando, can fight a test case for compensation, a judge has ruled. Mr George, who spent eight years in prison before being cleared after a retrial, will be one of five lead cases to…
Wrong man was executed in Texas
He was the spitting image of the killer, had the same first name and was near the scene of the crime at the fateful hour: Carlos DeLuna paid the ultimate price and was executed in place of someone else in Texas in 1989, a report out Tuesday found.…
Jeremy Bamber appeal bid rejected
Jeremy Bamber’s convictions for murdering five of his relatives more than 25 years ago will not be referred to the Court of Appeal, officials said today. The notorious inmate, serving a whole life term for the 1985 killings, has always protested his innocence and claims his schizophrenic sister…
