About this episode

The episode discusses the issue of wrongful imprisonment and the lack of compensation for those who have had their convictions overturned due to a legal change in 2014.

Adam Bychawski reported on how people who've been wrongly imprisoned - sometimes for many years - are still not being compensated even after they've overturned their convictions, thank to a 2014 change in the law.

People in this episode

Guest: Paul Foot

Topics covered

• wrongful imprisonment
• legal changes
• compensation
• criminal justice
• law reform

Keywords

• wrongly imprisoned
• compensation
• convictions
• law change
• criminal justice

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