Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women

Product Information

A mother and daughter who were convicted of the murder of their husband/father after it was found that they had financially gained from his disappearance in 2001, had tried to murder him on previous occasions, and had lied about seeing him in 2008. They pled guilty to fraud, forgery and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and were found guilty of the murder. They were released on appeal one year later, even though their defence said that the "likelihood" was that "one or other" of the women had murdered him, as they had been convicted under joint enterprise and the judges said that the case required the "application of the established law" and ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prove that they had both acted together to kill him. [191] [192] Sahaaleh was convicted for "crimes against chastity" for being involved in a sexual relationship with a 51-year-old married man named Ali Darabi. Sahaaleh claimed she was raped by Darabi multiple times over the course of 3 years and then tortured into confessing. During her trial, she removed her hijab, an act seen as severe contempt of court, and argued that Darabi should be punished, not her. The judge sentenced her to death. Darabi was sentenced to 95 lashes. [75] In 2000, Arnoldo Lazorovsky was convicted of sexually assaulting a minor while working as a janitor at the Kfar Saba Country Club between 1991 and 1994, and was sentenced to six years in prison, after being accused by a young man several years after the alleged crimes occurred. Soon afterward, Gregory Schneider, who had worked at the same country club, was convicted of similar crimes after being accused by the same person, but the conviction was overturned upon appeal. As a result, Lazorovsky requested and was granted a retrial, but was convicted again, after which he appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court, which overturned the conviction. [78]

Canadian Cases Of Wrongful Conviction". CityNews. Rogers Broadcasting. January 31, 2007. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011 . Retrieved August 16, 2010. Xinhua. December 31, 2014. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014 . Retrieved April 11, 2017. Horst Arnold was a sports and biology teacher at the August Zinn comprehensive school in Reichelsheim. He was accused by a female colleague, Heidi K., of having raped her, and based on her testimony he was sentenced to five years of prison. Only after he was freed, an equal opportunity commissioner (who, at first, supported Heidi K. before and during the trial) noticed several contradictions in her stories. In prison, Arnold continued to deny the crime and refused therapy sessions, which was why he was denied early leave on parole. In the retrial, Arnold was exonerated, and in 2013, Heidi K. was sentenced to five years and six months.Peter Ellis was convicted in 1993 on 16 counts of sexual offending involving children in his care at the Christchurch Civic Creche around the time of the day-care sex-abuse hysteria. After unsuccessful appeals and serving seven years of his ten year sentence, Ellis was released in February 2000, continuing to maintain his innocence. In 2019, he appealed to the Supreme Court to have his conviction overturned. Although he died of cancer before the appeal could be heard, the Supreme Court allowed the appeal in the interest of justice and delivered a judgment in October 2022. The Court quashed Ellis' convictions. It found there were problems with the evidence of the main prosecution witness, a psychiatrist, and the jury had not been fairly informed of the risk of contamination of the children's evidence. [103] An unflinching look at women in the justice system... an important book because it challenges acquiescence to everyday sexism and inspires change" (Kirsty Brimelow The Times, **Books of the Year**) a b "Italian high court overturns Amanda Knox murder conviction". The Washington Post . Retrieved March 28, 2015. La Canna, Xavier (June 12, 2012). "Dingo killed baby Azaria, says NT coroner". Nine News. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012 . Retrieved June 11, 2012. McGowan, Michael (August 21, 2019). "Cardinal George Pell loses appeal on child sexual assault conviction – live". Guardian Australia . Retrieved August 21, 2019.

Steven Truscott's wrongful conviction of murder in the death of Lynne Harper stood for 48 years before finally being overturned on August 28, 2007. George Kelly was executed in 1950 for the 1949 murder of the manager (and his assistant) of the Cameo Cinema in Liverpool, during a robbery gone wrong. The case became known as the Cameo murder. Kelly's conviction was overturned in 2003. Another man, Donald Johnson, had confessed to the crime but the police bungled Johnson's case and had not divulged his confession at Kelly's trial. [133]Amnesty International denounced Francisco Marcial's imprisonment as resulting from a wrongful prosecution. The group declared her a prisoner of conscience, claiming there was no credible evidence against her, and that she had been prosecuted because of her gender, poverty, race, and inability to speak or understand the Spanish language. Davey, Melissa (April 7, 2020). "George Pell: Australian cardinal to be released from jail after high court quashes child sex abuse conviction". The Guardian . Retrieved April 7, 2020. In 2005, thirteen people were finally proven innocent of child molestation after having served four years in prison. A fourteenth died in prison. Only four people were proven guilty. This infamous case, which deeply shook public opinion, is known as the Affaire d'Outreau, the Outreau case, from the name of the city where the victims lived. But women don’t have confidence in the justice system. And going by the litany of horrors that Kennedy details in this relentless, often disturbing book, no wonder. Barry George was cleared on August 1, 2008, of the 1999 murder of TV presenter Jill Dando after a retrial in which police were unable to rely on discredited forensic evidence.

Norman, Cushla (October 8, 2022). "Peter Ellis case: Supreme Court quashes child abuse convictions". 1 News . Retrieved October 11, 2022. Andrew Evans confessed to the 1972 murder of 14-year-old Judith Roberts after seeing the girl's face in a dream. He was convicted and served more than 25 years. His conviction was overturned in 1997. Hotjar sets this cookie to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user.Brown was convicted in 1977 of the murder of 51-year-old Annie Walsh at her flat in Hulme, Greater Manchester. Despite numerous appeals, Brown's conviction was only declared 'unsafe' in 2002, when three appeal court judges heard how his confession was beaten out of him, the forensic evidence pointed to someone else and a report into police corruption (that led to Brown's interrogating officer being jailed for four years) was suppressed until days before his 2002 appeal. Brown was eligible for parole in 1992, but he refused to admit to a crime that he did not commit and so prolonged his sentence. Brown stated that clearing his name was more important than his freedom. [154] Fortin, Jacey (April 6, 2018). "Hanged After a Trial He Couldn't Understand, and Pardoned 136 Years Later". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved May 21, 2018. Oscar Slater was wrongfully convicted in 1909 of the murder of Marion Gilchrist on the flimsiest evidence, and sentenced to death. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and he served at hard labour until his conviction was quashed in 1928. [132] A brother’s 36-year fight against one of New Zealand’s worst miscarriages of justice, The

Morris, William (June 10, 2016). "Exclusive: Can China Save Nie Shubin's Innocence?»". US-China Perception Monitor . Retrieved October 7, 2016. Grunewald, Ralph (October 15, 2014). "COMPARING INJUSTICES: TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE SYSTEM" (PDF). Albany Law Review. 77 (3): 1139. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2015 . Retrieved May 11, 2015.Conviction quashed after an unknown person's DNA was found on the woman's clothes. Nealon was denied compensation. Nepal man cleared of Japan murder after 15 years in jail". BBC News. November 7, 2012 . Retrieved October 7, 2016.