In the past year, over a dozen homicide prosecutions and more than 100 sexual offence cases in England and Wales were halted before reaching trial due to lost or missing evidence, according to information obtained by the Guardian. This data, sourced from a Freedom of...

The number of offenders sentenced to imprisonment for public protection (IPP) and subsequently recalled to prison without facing new charges has seen a dramatic increase. This trend accounted for nearly three-quarters of such returns in the past year. The IPP scheme,...

The government has initiated an independent inquiry to scrutinise the events and management surrounding the Andrew Malkinson case. Malkinson was wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years for a rape he didn't commit and was only recently cleared of the charges. This inquiry...

Almost half of the letters dispatched by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to individuals, including crime victims, are substandard. Many of these letters contain errors, misspellings, or lack information about delays, as revealed by a recent official report. The...