‘Your application to the Commission begins with a presumption of guilt, not innocence’

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Key Publications

Books:

Naughton, M. (2013) ‘The Innocent and the Criminal Justice System: A Sociological Analysis of Miscarriages of Justice’. Palgrave Macmillan. Click here for more information on the book.

Naughton, M. (2012 [2007]) ‘Rethinking Miscarriages of Justice: Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg’. Palgrave Macmillan. Click here for more information on the book.

Naughton, M. (2012 [2009]) (Editor) ‘The Criminal Cases Review Commission: Hope for the Innocent?’. Palgrave Macmillan. Click here for more information on the book.

Naughton, M. (2010) ‘Claims of Innocence: An introduction to wrongful convictions and how they might be challenged’. University of Bristol (with Tan, G.). Click here for more information on the book.

Most recent publications:

Naughton, M. (2022) ‘CCRC Watch: Can we transform the current miscarriages of justice ‘lapdog’ into a genuine ‘watchdog’ body that can truly assist innocent victims to overturn their wrongful convictions?’ University of Bristol Law School Blog. 25 April. Click here for the article.

Naughton. M. (2021) ‘Does Jeremy Bamber have a human right to be released from prison with immediate effect?’ The Justice Gap. 22 March. Click here for the article.

Naughton, M. (2020) ‘Reimagining the law: Transcribing injustice.’ The Justice Gap. 2 July. Click here for the article.

Naughton, M. (2020). ‘”I won’t stop until I die”: David Nash’s dying declaration of innocence.’ The Justice Gap. 20 May. Click here for the article.

Naughton, M. (2020) ‘Why do university students in the UK buy assignments from essay mills?’ Critical Education. 11(10): 1-19. Click here for the article.

Naughton, M. (2020) ‘Has anyone at the CCRC got the time, please?’ The Justice Gap. 27 January. Click here for the article.

Naughton, M. (2019) ‘The Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice: Please forgive me, but I won’t be holding my breath.’ The Justice Gap. 6 September. Click here for the article.

Naughton, M. (2019) ‘Rethinking the competing discourses on uncorroborated allegations of child sexual abuse.’ The British Journal of Criminology. 59(2): 461–480. Click here for the article.

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