Miscarriages of Justice
Commons · Question 104681 · Tabled 12 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been wrongfully convicted of a crime in the last ten years.
Answer
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 16 Jan 2026
We have interpreted this question as relating to successful appeals against verdicts, heard at the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal.The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly data on successful appeals against magistrates’ courts verdicts heard at the...