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Bob Woffinden

Bob Woffinden is one of the most experienced and respected journalists in the miscarriages of justice field. He is the author of the 1987 book, Miscarriages of Justice, and in 1997 of Hanratty, the Final Verdict. Many of the cases he has investigated have led to successful appeals

October 2013

  • Joe Whitty

    Joe Whitty obituary

    Reforming prison governor who took the helm at the Feltham Young Offender Institution in 1989

July 2011

  • Richard Webster obituary

    Richard Webster obituary

    Writer who suggested hysteria lay behind some abuse scandals

November 2010

  • liberty central
    double quotation markThe Criminal Cases Review Commission has failed

    Bob Woffinden
    Bob Woffinden: Set up to investigate miscarriages of justice, the CCRC's poor track record in recent years shows it is little more than a fig leaf

July 2009

  • Geoff Hyde

    Justice on trial
    Geoff Hyde: a 'heart-stopping' verdict that is hard to understand

    Hard-working haulier implicated in drugs operation despite having no criminal background and being prepared to help police

November 2008

  • Steve Rose

    Obituary: Cheerful, witty BBC radio and TV producer

September 2008

  • double quotation markNo, I'm not marooned in Nigeria, but thanks for your concern

    Bob Woffinden

    Bob Woffinden: Even an experienced investigative journalist can be caught up in an unsophisticated internet scam. You have been warned

July 2008

  • Justice on trial
    Jailed murderer claims discrimination over status

    High-court to hear case against acknowledgment of guilt as precondition for downgrading jail sentence

November 2007

  • John Straffen

  • Stuart Gair

June 2007

  • When the press plays judge and jury

    Defendants should be presumed innocent, but all too often the media has already passed judgment, says Bob Woffinden.

November 2006

  • Mark Purdey

    Obituary: Campaigning farmer deeply convinced that pesticides harm cattle.

August 2005

  • double quotation markAn appeal to hypocrisy

    Bob Woffinden

    Bob Woffinden: The British are on shaky ground asking the Bulgarian courts immediately to rectify a blatant injustice.

June 2005

  • Fluoride water 'causes cancer'

    Boys at risk from bone tumours, shock research reveals.

May 2005

  • Justice on trial
    A clash of conviction

    Dee Winzar is serving life for the murder of her husband. The prosecution case was simple: he was killed by a lethal injection and she was the only one who could have done it. But was it really murder? Bob Woffinden investigates.

June 2004

  • Nothing to smile about?

  • A kick in the teeth

May 2004

  • Justice on trial
    'Linda must still be alive'

    In November last year, Glyn Razzell was convicted of killing his wife, Linda. Yet her body was never found - and several witnesses said they had seen her after her disappearance. So was she murdered, or did she simply decide to leave? Bob Woffinden unravels the evidence.

February 2004

  • More cases in doubt as abuse verdict quashed

    Ex-care worker cleared of sex charges by appeal court.

January 2004

  • Earprint landed innocent man in jail for murder

    'Grotesque miscarriage of justice' resolved after seven years.

December 2003

  • Trial by Blunkett

    Bob Woffinden: The home secretary's ill-advised comments on an alleged terrorist are just one example of our contempt for the law on contempt of court.

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