Miscarriage of Justice: Peter Sullivan

In Episode 10 of Full Comment, Danielle Reece-Greenhalgh and Edward Grange explore one of the UK’s most staggering recent miscarriages of justice: the case of Peter Sullivan, whose murder conviction was quashed in May 2025, after 38 years in prison.Sullivan was convicted in 1987 of the murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindel. Four decades later, newly available DNA testing rendered his conviction unsafe. Danielle and Edward unpack:The timeline of Sullivan’s case and the role of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)Why some believe the CCRC failed and what the stats really showHow advances in forensic science are reshaping past convictionsThe real-life cost of wrongful imprisonment and whether compensation can ever be enough