“It appears that the threshold for my case to be referred to
the court of appeal is much higher than in most cases but that doesn't make me any less innocent. The law it seems, simply
does not apply if it assists me in proving that I am wrongly convicted. The Commission have
been given powers that allow them to dismiss forensic evidence without
addressing it or having any valid reason and they are fully supported in this
by the judiciary.
The Commission is clearly set up not to refer the cases of
innocent people but to refer only on points of law which means the innocent are
stuck in a system that does not recognise them. The route to the appeal court
needs to be readdressed as the CCRC is not fulfilling the purpose it was
originally set up to do which is investigate possible miscarriages of justice. It is underfunded and under resourced and as a result leads to inexperienced case workers, and poor relationships with
their clients.
Since the CCRC’s triennial review is upon us let’s hope
there can be some improvements to the way in which they operate. I have no
choice but to re-submit my case to the Commission with a large amount of fresh
material and forensic work. I hope it will not take them another 8 years to
review my case again as my life is being wasted simply waiting for the
Commission to ignore valuable, credible and expensive forensic evidence, which
is always submitted within their guidelines. I am not the only person to suffer
at the hands of a system that just does not work and more must be done to aid
the victims of injustice."
"Thank you to Simon McKay and his team for their work on this hearing."
Jeremy
"Thank you to Simon McKay and his team for their work on this hearing."
Jeremy
