Task of unearthing wrongful convictions given to interns
The Guardian|May 03, 2024
The job of trawling through cases for potential wrongful convictions for rape and murder in a review prompted by Andrew Malkinson's exoneration has been given to interns, the Guardian can reveal.
Emily Dugan
Task of unearthing wrongful convictions given to interns

The use of interns has raised concern given the importance of the major case review by the miscarriage of justice body the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). It said last month that it would be re-examining cases it had refused to refer to the court of appeal to check for new DNA testing opportunities.

An internal CCRC board paper seen by the Guardian shows that the exercise has so far been carried out by interns, who have begun the process of whittling down cases that could be sent for further DNA checks.

The case review has been trumpeted as having the potential to uncover further wrongful convictions missed by the body. However, Emily Bolton, Malkinson's solicitor at the law charity Appeal, said: "Given the seriousness of this review, it is concerning that so far the work has been done mainly by interns." Marked "official sensitive" and partly redacted, the paper was written by the casework operations director on 8 March and sent to Malkinson's legal team in response to a freedom of information request.

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