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The Justice Gap Podcast
by The Justice Gap
We are The Justice Gap. We are all about law and justice | And the difference between the two. In this regular podcast we speak to those at the sharp end of the fight for justice. From fighting institutional racism to righting wrongful convictions. Join the conversation at thejusticegap.com
Episodes
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Martyn Day: 'Justice for Iraqi Civilians'
As one of the leading lawyers who represented Iraqi civilians against abuses at the hands of British soldiers Martyn Day believes that justice is yet to be achieved. He joins Jon Robins to discuss the quiet settlement of compensation claims by the Ministry of Defence and the issues surrounding…
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Frances Crook: 'Prisons never make things better'
Frances Crook believes ‘politicians are still stuck in the 1950s’ when it comes to our criminal justice system. For 35 years, she has been at the helm of the Howard League for Penal Reform, trying to innovate and change the UK’s approach. Her time in charge is, this month, coming to an end. So in...
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William Martin: 'End our cladding scandal'
The Grenfell tower fire in summer 2017 was perhaps one of the most devastating events of modern Britain. 72 lives were lost and countless families torn apart by the fire directly. The first stage of the Grenfell inquiry report said the victims paid “a terrible price for a catastrophic failure of...
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Revisited: The story of the Oval 4
Yesterday the convictions of Courtney Harriot, Paul Green and Cleveland Davidson were overturned by the Court of Appeal. They made up half of a group of wrongfully convicted men known as the Stockwell 6. Davidson described the conviction they received in 1972 as a 'total stitch up'. They were...
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Kill the Bill: ‘We must defend rights at all costs’
‘Kill the Bill’ is the rallying cry of a new movement resisting the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. Gracie Bradley, interim director of Liberty, discusses this with Lucy Brisbane in the latest episode of the Justice Gap podcast. They examine why resistance to this Bill, and the broader...
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Alastair Morgan: 'I no longer trust Britain'
Daniel Morgan is a name many will know. It's likely you'll have heard about the private investigator who was assassinated in a pub car park in South London. His unsolved murder has prompted a hit podcast series, a book and a three part channel 4 documentary. Daniel’s case is one of grisly...
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Dr George Julian: 'Tweeting Justice'
A learning disabled woman is, on average, likely to die 27 years before her non-disabled peer. The figure is similar for men. This episode features a conversation with George Julian, an open justice journalist who wants to change what she sees as often preventable premature death. She brings...
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Kate Wilson: 'This inquiry is pandering to the police'
It's probably unlikely that, by now, you won't have heard of the so-called 'SpyCops Scandal'. Central to the complaints of the core participants in the ongoing inquiry into undercover policing was the 'systemic sexism' within the police. Among many other women, Kate Wilson was deceived into a...
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Oliver Campbell: 'A life on hold'
Oliver Campbell spent 11 years in prison for a murder he and many others, including one of the real perpetrators, say had nothing to do with him. In 1990, Baldev Hoondle was murdered while working at his convenience shop in Hackney, East London. Campbell's baseball cap was found near the scene…
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Harriet Wistrich: 'The decriminalisation of rape'
As a human rights lawyer, Harriet Wistrich knows all too well of the importance of protecting defendants rights in criminal trials. But dwindling prosecutions of rape in the last few years has led her to believe we have ‘virtually decriminalised’ the offence in the UK. In January, the Centre for...
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Stansted 15: 'There was, in truth, no case to answer'
Last month the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of the so called Stansted 15. In handing down its judgment, the Lord Chief Justice said 'there was, in truth no case to answer'. The group were convicted in late 2018 under legislation intended for terror related incidents. They're crime? A...
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Emily Kenway: 'Truth and lies about modern slavery'
The Truth About Modern Slavery, by Emily Kenway argues that the framing around modern slavery has been used as an emotive political tool to conceal the damage done by policies moves such the hostile environment. In this episode of The Justice Gap Podcast, Emily spoke to Jon Robins about that and...
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Ricky Tomlinson: 'It was a political trial - start to finish'
In the week where the Court of Appeal reconsiders the case of the Shrewsbury 24, one of the men convicted and imprisoned back in 1973 speaks to The Justice Gap Podcast. Ricky Tomlinson is probably best known as the idle, but loveable patriarch, Jim Royle, from TV’s the Royle family or as...
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Lee Lawrence: 'The Louder I Will Sing'
In the early morning of September the 28th, 1985, armed police raided 22 Normandy Road in Brixton. The lead detective Douglas Lovelock had been drinking the night before, they entered with a false sense of danger and the inevitable happened. As Cherry Groce rose from bed to see what was…
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IPPs: ‘The greatest stain on our justice system’ (Donna Mooney & Deborah Coles)
Imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences have been described as a 'stain' on the criminal justice system. Those were the words of Ken Clarke. The architect of the scheme, David Blunkett expressed regret for the injustices caused by them. So why are there still over 2000 prisoners…
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Michael Mansfield QC: ‘People are coming together. It’s possible to resist’
In this episode you’ll hear from the indefatigable and charismatic human rights lawyer Michael Mansfield QC. Called to the bar in 1967, Mansfield quickly built a reputation for standing up for the voiceless. He’s represented victims of tragedies and atrocities, from Hillsborough to the Stephen...
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Dave Smith: 'This is not spying on terrorists, this is political policing'
Dave Smith's path into the construction industry was clear; all of his male relatives had followed the same one. Once ensconced within the industry, he became a union rep, and then the work dried up ‘in the middle of a building boom’. He’d been the victim of an illegal practice known as...
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Sukhdev Reel: ‘A mother died and a campaigner was born’
Sukhdev Reel is the mother of Ricky Reel, who in October 1997 was found dead in the river Thames after a night out in which he was attacked by racist thugs. The police claimed his death was an accident, but Sukhdev has always believed he was murdered by those same youths who attacked him and his...
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We are The Justice Gap. We are all about law and justice | And the difference between the two. In this regular podcast we speak to those at the sharp end of the fight for justice. From fighting institutional racism to righting wrongful convictions. Join the conversation at thejusticegap.com
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