Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 104681

Miscarriages of Justice

Tabled: 12 January 2026

Answered: 16 January 2026

Question

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

Alex Davies-Jones

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...

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