Andrew Malkinson: A miscarriage of justice?

2021 ◽  
pp. 002580242110380
Author(s):  
Alec Samuels
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Miscarriage Of Justice

In the case of Andrew Malkinson, a number of concerning or disturbing features about the conduct of the case by all involved have emerged. Application is therefore being made to the Criminal Cases Review Commission to reconsider and refer the case.

Miscarriage of Justice and the Right to Representation

1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 612-644
Author(s):  
Kenneth Mann
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Counsel ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Criminal Trials ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Modern System ◽  
The Right ◽  
Public Entity ◽  
Miscarriage Of Justice

In modern criminal procedure it is generally held that reliability of results and basic fairness in criminal trials require that a defendant have legal counsel. Prevention of miscarriage of justice is tied closely, in the minds of policy makers and judges, with vigorous representation by competent counsel. As against these presuppositions how should one understand a modern system of criminal procedure, such as that in Israel, that does not have a broad right of representation for suspects or defendants in criminal cases?It is by now axiomatic in England and the United States that nearly all defendants in criminal cases have a right to representation. This right encompasses not just the opportunity to bring one's privately retained counsel to court, but also an irrebuttable claim by indigents to have the counsel's bill paid by the state or other public entity. The right to counsel is a broad right, entailing a principle of equality in which representation by counsel is independent of the defendant's ability to pay. In Israel, in contrast, the right to representation in criminal cases is significantly narrower.

scholarly journals Counteraction to Miscarriage of Justice in Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 96-105
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Criminal Proceeding ◽  
Specific Regulation ◽  
Miscarriage Of Justice

Investigation of crimes against justice in Ukraine is among topical problems of miscarriage of justice. Hundreds of criminal cases are recorded as a crime in the Official Register in Ukraine but only a few have been brought to the court. In this article we try to approach this problem in three ways: from the point of view of criminal law, criminal procedure and criminalistic measures of counteraction to miscarriage of justice. Such an approach helps to demonstrate problems of investigator, prosecutor and judge at different stages of criminal proceeding. Special attention is paid to specific regulation of the issues of criminal proceedings against a certain category of persons, including judges. Mistakes of representatives of law enforcement bodies become visible as a result of analyzing of real criminal cases. Such an analysis is aimed to disclose the problem of counteraction to miscarriage of justice in Ukraine.

scholarly journals ABUSE OF THE RIGHT AND JUDICIAL ERRORS IN THE EXERCISE OF DISCRETION BY THE JUDGE IN THE CONSIDERATION OF CRIMINAL CASES WITH THE CONSENT OF THE ACCUSED WITH THE CHARGE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-472
Author(s):  
N.O. Mashinnikova
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Special Procedure ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
Judicial Errors ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Exercise Of Discretion ◽  
Abuse Of Law ◽  
Miscarriage Of Justice

The article examines the categories of "abuse of law" and" miscarriage of justice", as well as the factors contributing to their occurrence, reveals the mechanism of occurrence of miscarriages of justice, the sources and causes of their occurrence. The author substantiates the claim that the defect of interest, as an aspect of law enforcement, causes the occurrence of abuse and can cause a miscarriage of justice. The main characteristics of a miscarriage of justice, as well as the signs that distinguish a miscarriage of justice from abuse, are revealed. The definition of "abuse of the right" is given, its properties and features are revealed. The article analyzes the peculiarities of committing judicial errors and abuses under a special procedure of judicial proceedings.

Sem/X-Ray Applications to the Forensic Science Field

1976 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 390-391
Author(s):  
K. Culbreth
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Science ◽  
Depth Of Field ◽  
Surface Phenomena ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Forensic Evidence ◽  
Science Field ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Hit And Run ◽  
Evaluation Of Evidence ◽  
Scanning Electron

The introduction of scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray analysis to forensic science has provided additional methods by which investigative evidence can be analyzed. The importance of evidence from the scene of a crime or from the personal belongings of a victim and suspect has resulted in the development and evaluation of SEM/x-ray analysis applications to various types of forensic evidence. The intent of this paper is to describe some of these applications and to relate their importance to the investigation of criminal cases.The depth of field and high resolution of the SEM are an asset to the evaluation of evidence with respect to surface phenomena and physical matches (1). Fig. 1 shows a Phillips screw which has been reconstructed after the head and shank were separated during a hit-and-run accident.

KONSEP RESTORATIVE JUSTICE MELALUI MEDIASI PENAL DALAM PENYELESAIAN PERKARA PIDANA BERMOTIF RINGAN PADA MASYARAKAT ADAT KAMPUNG KUALA GASIB DI KECAMATAN KOTO GASIB KABUPATEN SIAK

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
ELMA YANTI
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Direct Participation ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Differences Of Opinion ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials

The settlement of criminal offenses with mild motives can be carried out by reasoning penal mediation called the restorative justice approach, which focuses on the direct participation of perpetrators, victims and the community. The research that use in this study is sociological legal research (social legal research). The concept of restorative justice through reasoning penal mediation in the settlement of a mildly criminal case for the indigenous people of village kuala gasib in koto gasib siak, was carried out with the intermediary of the headman. Headman as customary village heads and as government administrators have an important role in creating peace efforts in resolving disputes that occur in the community, one of which is through the settlement of criminal cases by reasoning penal mediation with the concept of restorative justice. The constraints of the concept of restorative justice through reasoning penal mediation in the settlement of mildly criminal cases for the indigenous people of village kuala gasib in koto gasib siak are: a) The absence of a special law mediation of regulation, b) Lack of facilities and infrastructure in mediating, c) Lack of mediator skills for village head to reconcile the parties to the dispute, d) There are differences of opinion among law enforcement officials about the concept of restorative justice through penal mediation

A Good Sentencing Precedent is Hard to Find

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 138-144
Author(s):  
Brian A. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
College Admissions ◽  
The Body ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Federal Sentencing

In federal criminal cases, federal law requires that judges consider the sentences other courts have imposed in factually similar matters. Courts and parties, however, face significant challenges in finding applicable sentencing precedents because judges do not typically issue written sentencing opinions, and transcripts of sentencings are not readily available in advanced searchable databases. At the same time, particularly since the Supreme Court’s 2005 decision in United States v. Booker, sentencing precedent has come to play a significant role in federal sentencing proceedings. By way of example, this article discusses recent cases involving defendants with gambling addictions, and recent cases involving college admissions or testing fraud. The article explores the ways the parties in those cases have used sentencing precedent in their advocacy, as well as the ways the courts involved have used sentencing precedent to justify their decisions. Given the important role of sentencing precedent in federal criminal cases, the article finally looks at ways in which the body of sentencing law could be made more readily available to parties and courts alike.

The Germans and their Jewish Neighbors on the Ukrainian Areas at the Second Half of the 19th Century

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-27
Author(s):  
D. Meshkov
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
South West ◽  
Multiethnic Population ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Relationship

The article presents some of the author’s research results that has got while elaboration of the theme “Everyday life in the mirror of conflicts: Germans and their neighbors on the Southern and South-West periphery of the Russian Empire 1861–1914”. The relationship between Germans and Jews is studied in the context of the growing confrontation in Southern cities that resulted in a wave of pogroms. Sources are information provided by the police and court archival funds. The German colonists Ludwig Koenig and Alexandra Kirchner (the resident of Odessa) were involved into Odessa pogrom (1871), in particular. While Koenig with other rioters was arrested by the police, Kirchner led a crowd of rioters to the shop of her Jewish neighbor, whom she had a conflict with. The second part of the article is devoted to the analyses of unty-Jewish violence causes and history in Ak-Kerman at the second half of the 19th and early years of 20th centuries. Akkerman was one of the southern Bessarabia cities, where multiethnic population, including the Jews, grew rapidly. It was one of the reasons of the pogroms in 1865 and 1905. The author uses criminal cases` papers to analyze the reasons of the Germans participation in the civilian squads that had been organized to protect the population and their property in Ackerman and Shabo in 1905.

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