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Miscarriages of justice occur when unfair treatment is inflicted on an individual by the criminal justice system i.e. by the courts or the agencies. A miscarriage of justice is where an individual is unfairly treated in the justice system by going to prison or found guilty for something s/he haven't done. This can be seen for the period of the 1980's where there were major miscarriages in justice, which were the consequence in a public protest about the criminal justice system. Many people disapprove of the Home Office because the way they functioned and also the Appeal Courts because they did not identify potential miscarriages where people had been wrongfully convicted. Nevertheless the use of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 changed all this as it restored the Home Office with the CCRC (Criminal Cases Review Commission) this was set up on the 1st of January 1997. The Commission in this body...

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