Justice The committee has called for the “route and branch” reform of the Criminal Affairs Review Commission (CCRC) and called its chief executive to step down.
A report by the Cross-Party panel of MPs found that CCRC leadership “showed a notable inability to learn from their mistakes” after serious failures in its handling Andrew Malkinson’s wrong punishmentWho was incorrectly in jail for rape for 17 years.
It comes after Peter Sulivan last week 38 years later, he was convicted of murder PrisonWhich is considered as the longest running abortion of justice in recent history.
Chairman Andy Slotter said that the position of Watchdog Chief Executive Officer Karen Neller was “unstable” after giving “unattainable evidence” to the committee on 29 April to handle the case of Mr. Malkinson.
His account was later challenged by Chris Kenle Casey, who was the author of a Deming report, who identified the “Catalog of Failure” in the handling of the case and found that Sri Malkinson could be excluded a decade ago.
Former CCRC president, Helen Pitcher, eventually resigned from the role in January after the case of Mr. Malkinson, but claimed that he was a sacrifice of sacrifice.
Prior to his resignation, he apologized to Mr. Malkinson in April 2024, convicted by the appeal in July 2023 by a court of appeal.
In a report published on Friday, the committee chairman Andy Slotter said: “As a result of our concerns about CCRC’s performance and provided to the committee, Karen Neler, who was provided to the committee, unexpected evidence Karen Naler, now we do not realize that it is tenth for him to continue as the Chief Executive of CCRC.
“Our report has a clear evidence that the situation for CCRC has deteriorated and now it requires root and branch improvement.”
The Speaker also accused the leadership team of showing “remarkable disability” to learn from their mistakes, and that the CCRC failed to react adequately to the acquittal of Mr. Malkinson and the publication of the independent review of Mr. Henley.
Mr. Slotter said that the committee received comments from Mr. Henley and Chris Web, who was employed by CCRC as an independent communication advisor, “for the effect that they misled the committee” after the April meeting.
He said, “Without discovering whether the committee was misled and Ms. Neller was given an opportunity to comment on the allegations, the committee still found the method in which he gave another indicator of his immorality to continue to lead CCRC,” he said.
“The information provided since the session establishes that Karen Nerler abandoned important information, which CCRC would have provided a more accurate account about how the CCRC handled the Henley report.”
The committee’s report concluded that the work done by CCRC on the work of Mr. Henle was “harmful”, and when it was focused on the case of Mr. Malkinson, it should have been taken as evidence of systemic problems within CCRC.
It was also stated that the body was without an interim chair because Ms. was resigning for four months of Pitcher, which is “unacceptable longer”, especially “turbulent” period.
Mr. Slotter said that the Ministry of Justice should take a degree of responsibility for not making a plan for replacement.
Responding to the report, a CCRC spokesperson said: “We should review the recommendations and views of the committee in the report of the Justice Select Committee that its findings should review how we work.
“We look forward to an announcement on the appointment of an interim chair and to find a potential abortion of justice to work with them in an organization to investigate and refer.”
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: “The abortion of justice may have a devastating effect. It is important that the public has faith in the organization dedicated to highlighting wrong beliefs.
“Lord Chancellor will announce an appointment to provide a strong leadership to CCRC and a complete and intensive review of operating the organization, including its leadership assessment.”
