Criminal Law - A Miscarriage of Justice.

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Criminal Law.

Assignment 1. Part B.

A Miscarriage of Justice.

Hemis No:198788.

Word count:3,000

As there is no material regarding this case 'in print' as of yet,

all sources of information used have been attached as appendices.

Sally Clark.

o On the 9th November 1999, after a four week trial at Chester Crown Court, Sally Clark was found guilty and convicted of the murder of her two children.

o The Criminal Cases Review Commission, the body which investigate miscarriages of justice in England, sent Sally Clark's case to the Court of Appeal.

o On the 2nd October 2000 at the Court Of Appeal, the guilty verdict was upheld. They ruled that the case against Sally Clark was 'overwhelming' despite the support of fresh evidence.

o The Criminal Cases Review Commission has ordered, that the case should go back to the Appeal Court because of the new medical evidence put forward, contained in a report overlooked at the original trial, which shows that Harry, the second baby to die, suffered from staph aureus at the time of his death, which almost certainly killed him

o Sally is now serving