Miscarriage of justice body's funding cuts criticised as workload grows

Cuts having severe impact on work of Criminal Cases Review Commission, critics sayGovernment funding of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, the last hope for people battling miscarriages of justice, has come under attack as the number applications rises steeply.The new justice minister Edward Argar has defended the long-term decline in the agency’s budget on the grounds that it is “sufficiently funded for the work that it does”. Continue reading...