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Questionable Convictions
Barry George in compensation case

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,…

Wrong man was executed in Texas

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…

Custody Deaths

IPCC: is it time to put down police’s pet watchdog?

IPCC: is it time to put down police’s pet watchdog?

As a series of scandals continue to rock the cops, Socialist Worker shows that the…

Family of man shot dead by Police ‘in limbo’ over investigation

Family of man shot dead by Police ‘in limbo’ over investigation

The family of a man shot in a car by a police firearms officer claim…

Ex-BART cop who shot Oscar Grant appealing ruling

Ex-BART cop who shot Oscar Grant appealing ruling

Johannes Mehserle, the disgraced BART police officer who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for…

Station launches in memory of Smiley Culture

Station launches in memory of Smiley Culture

A new community radio station will launch at the exclusive Roxbury nightclub on Croydon High…

Breaking News & Digests

Cameron Todd Willingham exoneration was written but never filed by Texas judge

Cameron Todd Willingham exoneration was written but never filed by Texas judge

A Texas judge who reviewed the controversial 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham planned to posthumously exonerate the father who was put to death for killing his three…

New Cases on 4WardEver: May 2012

New Cases on 4WardEver: May 2012

Cases recently added to our website. Please note: Not all cases are recent. We are continuously adding to profiles featured on the 4WardEver website.…

Police handcuff 12-year-old girl

Police handcuff 12-year-old girl

Police could be sued by a mother who says officers handcuffed her 12-year-old daughter during a raid in her home. “We are in the process of taking legal…

Appeals, Petitions

Sign the petition for Byron Case

Sign the petition for Byron Case

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO SIGN THIS PETITION! On the morning of June 11, 2001, on a quiet suburban Kansas City street,…

Policy & Reform

IPCC: is it time to put down police’s pet watchdog?

As a series of scandals continue to rock the cops, Socialist Worker shows that the organisation that is supposed to police the police is worse than useless.…

Nigerian Prisons: Death traps or reform centres?

Prisons in Nigeria are dehumanising. Olaolu Olusina, with additional reports from Davidson Iriekpen and Chiemele Ezeobi, examine the state of the nation’s prisons as well as the…

The State

How can the prison service move on if it won’t apologise for child abuse?

As prisons correspondent for the Guardian, I have covered many stories that have angered me. It could hardly be otherwise, writing as I am about a penal…

Dame Anne Owers appointed as IPCC chief

The former chief inspector of prisons Dame Anne Owers has been appointed to lead the independent police watchdog. The appointment comes after nearly two years in which…

State Terror

Babar Ahmad case tramples on law and fair play

Along with four other British Muslim terror suspects, Ahmad has just lost a battle against extradition from Britain to the United States in the European Court of…

Extremism, ethnic cleansing and nationalist rhetoric in Sri Lanka

Rhetoric1 derives from a long standing enquiry into the power of oral persuasion. It is linked to the combined use of language, symbology, mutually derived identity and…

Police Corruption

Brother of murdered detective speaks of report hope

The brother of murdered private detective Daniel Morgan has spoken of his hope that the imminent release of a report into the case will provide fresh impetus…

PC Alex MacFarlane denies riots race abuse charge

A Metropolitan Police officer has denied racially abusing a suspect after the summer riots in London last year. PC Alex MacFarlane entered the not guilty plea at…

New Case Profiles

New Cases on 4WardEver: May 2012

Cases recently added to our website. Please note: Not all cases are recent. We are continuously adding to profiles featured on the 4WardEver website.…

Refugees & Asylum

Staff deporting foreigners out of UK ‘loutish and aggressive’

The private company hired by the government to deport foreign nationals has decided to place its own guards under surveillance after concluding that some lack respect for…

Print & Film

Controversial BART shooting will become a movie

Hayward resident Oscar Grant III's life will make it to the big screen in a movie titled "Fruitvale," the name of the Oakland BART station where he…

What's On Events

Protest: Abolish the IPCC

This event has been organised by the Campaign for Justice to call for the IPCC to be abolished. Amongst its arguments is the startling statistic that less…