Every guilty verdict could be a miscarriage of justice. So why is it that the CCRC only al

low appeals in fewer than 5% of cases that come before them? If the evidential standard is just "it's possible there was a miscarriage of justice" then surely 100% of cases would proceed to appeal.

Tbh, I don't think you understand the job of the CCRC any better than I do (which isn't much), which isn't what I hoped from your declaration that he stands a "pretty good" chance of not only being granted leave to appeal - which he has already had denied once - but actually winning that appeal.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on January 8th 2015 at 15:35:39

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No threats made to Oldham or sponsors according to police (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 14:12:18
- sponsors pulling out not related to threats, threats to club staff (n/m) (Other Football) - robotbear, Jan 8, 14:38:55
  - Cock (n/m) (Other Football) - yellowman, Jan 8, 16:14:10
- Oldham chairman just quit as well (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 14:23:50
  - Dan Roan reporting that that's not true. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 14:56:34
    - Wrong guy (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Jan 8, 15:04:47
- Oldham are saying that a named family member of an Oldham director was threatened with (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 14:20:30
- Yes that is just the sort of lie I would come up with. (n/m) (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jan 8, 14:18:21
  - That doesn't shock me (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 14:19:54
    - What happens if he by some chance he wins his appeal ? (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 14:30:07
      - Which he has a pretty good chance of doing imo (n/m) (Other Football) - RochdaleCanary, Jan 8, 14:57:24
        
        On what legal basis do you think the CCRC will allow an appeal in the first place? (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 15:06:06
        
        On the basis that (Other Football) - RochdaleCanary, Jan 8, 15:26:44
        
        Every guilty verdict could be a miscarriage of justice. So why is it that the CCRC only al (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 15:35:39
        
        Broadly agree (Other Football) - RochdaleCanary, Jan 8, 16:00:09
        
        Well, that's tidied that away at least. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 16:03:25
        
        what appeal? (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 15:02:58
      - To be accurate, he's already lost his appeal. An appeal court (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 14:36:50
        
        Fair enough but he might be innocent unlikely though it seems (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 14:41:10
        
        Sure. Innocent people have gone to jail before and will again. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 14:44:45
        
        Ok (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 14:45:07
      - there is no appeal at the moment (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 14:33:37
        
        He's going to whine on all his life about how innocent he is like Jeremy Bamber. (n/m) (Other Football) - harry boulders, Jan 8, 14:35:43
        
        I'm wondering, in a case like this, if a fairly thick person (Other Football) - duke of york, Jan 8, 14:42:26
        
        He - by his own testimony - was completey sober BTW. (Other Football) - mr chimp, Jan 8, 14:53:23
        
        Oh, OK (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Jan 8, 14:56:03
        
        I hate to say but this has probably happened tens if not hundreds of times over the years (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 14:44:50
        
        Moral of the story, don't help yourself even if the gate to the lady garden is unfastened (n/m) (Other Football) - harry boulders, Jan 8, 14:50:08
        
        Is that like the 'Blue Peter Garden' ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 15:14:25
        
        Slightly more moi- (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 15:21:24
        
        both have been wrecked by footballers though! (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 8, 15:26:08
        
        Who was it that did the Blue Peter Garden again? (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 15:37:02
        
        I thought Les Ferdinand had confessed to it (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 8, 15:40:32
        
        fuel oil dumped in the sunken pond. That's a cunt's trick tbf (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 8, 15:46:19
        
        No indeed, just thinking about his own perceptions of "innocence" (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Jan 8, 14:47:33
        
        You are probably right insofar as he thought 'she wouldn't be here if' (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 8, 14:49:48

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