tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post7253519432040934533..comments2024-03-28T09:08:50.733+00:00Comments on Law and Lawyers: Winter Scenes 2 - a further miscellany of newsObiterJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-18855451199560993062010-12-25T20:35:29.538+00:002010-12-25T20:35:29.538+00:0012% of 488 = 59 for a year.
Sentencing statistics...12% of 488 = 59 for a year.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/sentencing-stats-qtr-brief-jan-march10.pdf" rel="nofollow">Sentencing statistics Jan-March 2010</a> on p4 gives in one quarter 79,300 convictions for indictable offences.<br /><br />Pro-rating that to a year gives around 320,000 convictions. 59 out of 320,000 is about 0.02%. That's the (approximate) percentage chance of a successful appeal against conviction.<br /><br />Another good question to ask might be "what proportion of offences result in a conviction". However, the answer might be too depressingly low.Ed (not Bystander)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-31335163778388987822010-12-25T10:11:06.251+00:002010-12-25T10:11:06.251+00:00I'm afraid that I do not have statistics. How...I'm afraid that I do not have statistics. However:<br /><br />a) In the period October 2009 - September 2010 the Court of Appeal heard 488 full conviction appeals and 12% were successful - see<br /><br /><a href="http://obiterj.blogspot.com/2010/12/court-of-appeal-criminal-division.html" rel="nofollow">Court of Appeal Criminal Division Report 2009-10</a><br /><br />and<br /><br />b) <a href="http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc1011/hc02/0254/0254.pdf" rel="nofollow">Criminal Cases Review Commission Annual report</a>ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-70140018995658799942010-12-24T22:52:45.679+00:002010-12-24T22:52:45.679+00:00"Many" are overturned - how many as a pe..."Many" are overturned - how many as a percentage?Ed (not Bystander)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-56832075155957886532010-12-24T19:03:34.180+00:002010-12-24T19:03:34.180+00:00It is extremely hard to answer your question with ...It is extremely hard to answer your question with regard to findings of guilt after trial. Some would put the probability of wrongful conviction as quite high and it is true that many findings of guilt are overturned on appeal. See these links for comments:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.innocent.org.uk/misc/scalesofinjustice.html" rel="nofollow">Innocent.org</a><br /><br /><a href="http://mlj.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/full/78/1/11" rel="nofollow">Discussion with Professor Graham Zellick QC</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wronglyaccusedperson.org.uk/2010/01/16/miscarriages-justice-ccrc-statistics/" rel="nofollow">Accused Person Org</a>ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-48325938733708197552010-12-24T08:30:14.841+00:002010-12-24T08:30:14.841+00:00I often wonder what is the probability that someon...I often wonder what is the probability that someone has committed an offence given that they've been convicted of that offence.gyg3shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295092807711672726noreply@blogger.com