The man jailed for 17 years for a crime he didn’t commit
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The Failure of the Criminal Cases Review Commission
Criminal cases review commission, which is charged to investigate these things. You found things they didn't - it's really a catastrophic failure on their part. They've got specific statutory powers that allowed them to compel police forces to hand over material. We don't have a right of access like that, Erpil. It took us a lot of time and effort,. But eventually we found this stuff, but they could have found it very easily themselves. There's real issues with the CCRC. So I mean, there is underfunding, but that doesn't anywhere near explain their failings. And if you go into your job with that mindset then of course you're going to convince yourself not
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