Applications for Ministerial Review – Miscarriages of Justice
Annual Report 2013 Minister of Justice

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Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Addressing Possible Miscarriages of Justice
  • 2.1 History of the Power to Review Criminal Convictions
  • 2.2 The Current Conviction Review Process
  • 2.3 Criminal Conviction Review Group
    • 2.3.1 The Special Advisor to the Minister
  • 2.4 Conviction Reviews by Outside Agents
  • 2.5 How the Conviction Review Process Works
    • 2.5.1 Applying for a Conviction Review
    • 2.5.2 Stages of the Review
• 3. Remedies Granted / Applications Dismissed by the Minister
• 4. Statistical Information
  • 4.1 Reporting Period
  • 4.2 Inquiries
  • 4.3 Applications Made to the Minister
  • 4.4 Progress of Applications through the Conviction Review Process
  • 4.5 Preliminary Assessments
  • 4.6 Investigations
  • 4.7 Decisions by the Minister
  • 4.8 Applications Abandoned or Held in Abeyance
• Appendix - Contacting the Criminal Conviction Review Group