UK criminal justice - Hackney Citizen

Sam Hallam criticises Metropolitan police after murder conviction quashed

Young man jailed over 2004 killing then released by court blames Met police for taking away eight years of his life

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Sam Hallam released after seven years in prison

Decision to release 24-year-old after appeal over 2004 murder conviction follows long legal battle by family

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How a community’s outcry led to campaign for justice for Sam Hallam

Veteran justice campaigner Paul May was asked to help out by friends of Hallam following conviction in 2005

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Protester receives Olympics asbo

London man who opposed construction of basketball venue believed to be first to receive wide-ranging ban from Olympics

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UK riots: don’t shut these kids out now

Put the shutters up on the shops, but not in our minds. A punitive and condemning reaction simply mirrors the alienation so many already experience

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Young Londoners still don’t feel police are on their side

Boris Johnson has given youth violence a high profile, but needs to ask whether stop-and-search does more harm than good

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Why are some mentally ill patients treated like criminals?

When Linda Morgan’s son Joe Paraskeva was sectioned, he tried to escape from hospital and was given a prison sentence that could see him spend the rest of his life behind bars. His mother has launched a campaign, Justice for Joe, to highlight his case

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Why are some mentally ill patients treated like criminals?