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Written question asked by Lord Monson (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Bach (Labour) on Monday, 15 June 2009.

Parole

Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Bach on 1 June (WA 52), how many prisoners who consistently maintained their innocence of the crimes for which they were convicted were subsequently released on appeal, in each of the past 25 years.
Answer

Information is not collected centrally on the number of appellants who have consistently maintained their innocence. The number of appeals against conviction allowed by the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in each year since 1988 is shown in the table below. These are not exclusively custodial cases.

Number of appeals allowed against conviction by the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) since 1988
Appeals Allowed¹
1988² 223
1989 211
1990 256
1991 269
1992 299
1993 402
1994 351
1995 253
1996 250
1997 236
1998 290
1999 171
2000 150
2001 135
2002 166
2003 178
2004 240
2005 228
2006 181
2007 196
2008 188

"1 The number of appeals allowed includes those where re-trials were ordered.""2 Statistics were not collated centrally prior to 1988." "2 Statistics were not collated centrally prior to 1988."

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
711 c185-6WA; 4058
Session
2008-09
Related items
Parole
Monday, 1 June 2009
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Appeals Convictions Prisoners' release
Link
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