Miscarriages Of Justice

EDM number 1130 in 2008-09, proposed by Willie Rennie on 19/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Administration of justice.

That this House expresses concern at the high number of miscarriages of justice, which has led to 112 appeals for wrongful conviction being successfully upheld by the Court of Appeal since 1997, including high profile cases such as the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six; recognises the trauma these victims have endured both during their imprisonment and after they have been released from prison; accepts that the severity of the trauma experienced by these individuals requires specialised counselling and aftercare that is currently not provided by the Government; praises the work of the charity the Miscarriages of Justice Organisation in helping those who have been wrongfully imprisoned reintegrated into society; and calls for the immediate establishment of a retreat to provide victims of miscarriages of justice with effective counselling and psychological aftercare to aid their rehabilitation and reintegration into society.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.