
Jon Robins
@JonRobins10
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Journo & lecturer @uniofbrighton, founder @justicegap, adviser @APPGMJ, vice chair @LegalActionGroup. New book: Justice in a Time of Austerity (BUP, 2021)
Brighton
Joined October 2022
"This book should be a call to arms. If you are a tribune of the people pouring scorn on 'activist lawyers', I dare you to read this. If you have never felt comfortable with the 'activist’ tag, it may tempt you to reconsider." Shami Chakrabarti on #JusticeInATime of Austerity
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RT @JusticeGap: 'New broom has a lot of cleaning-up to do': @JonRobins10 on whether the appointment of Vera Baird as new chair of CCRC will….
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Justin Plummer’s conviction for 1998 murder overturned in 2023 after ‘pioneering’ expert evidence discredited; second conviction overturned yesterday over self-evidently dodgy cell confession from a schizophrenic police informant. Me & @shattenstone .
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Justin Plummer spent 28 years in jail for killing of Janice Cartwright-Gilbert but always maintained his innocence
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RT @JusticeGap: FREE AT LAST: After 28 years, Justin Plummer conviction overturned in Court of Appeal today. From day one, he said that he….
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RT @JusticeGap: ‘I lost my faith in the justice system. Today, it’s been restored by the Supreme Court’: Supreme Court overturns conviction….
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RT @DavidRoseUK: Kudos to @david_conn and former Cheshire coroner's officer Stephanie Davies for exposing another reason to doubt the safet….
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Stephanie Davies says crucial details about one of the babies could have made difference to police investigation
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RT @unherd: ‘Justin Plummer tells me he has done everything he can to fight a system predicated on offenders coming to terms with their cri….
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RT @DavidRoseUK: Must-read piece in @unherd by @JonRobins10 of @JusticeGap - how did a supposed jailhouse confession lead to Justin Plummer….
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RT @unherd: ‘The Court of Appeal will now reexamine the strength of a dead man’s testimony.’. @JonRobins10👇.
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RT @JusticeGap: Justin Plummer sleeps on the floor of his cell protesting his innocence of a 1997 murder. His conviction was overturned 4yr….
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RT @unherd: ‘His mother, father and sister have all died since he was sent down; he is estranged from what remains of his family. He lost t….
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RT @HackneyLawCentr: IN MEMORIAM: WENDY PETTIFER . Solicitor, Poet, Activist, Mum, Mentor, Humanitarian. We are devastated that our former….
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RT @we_are_APPEAL: 📣 Our Patron Ian Hislop has something to say. Watch him explain why your name belongs on the call for the government to….
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RT @DavidDavisMP: 93 per cent of victims of miscarriages of justice are refused compensation for their wrongful conviction. These are peop….
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Sam Hallam, Victor Nealon, Brian Buckle, Oliver Campbell and Ahmed Adan have collectively spent more than 50 years in jail for crimes they did not commit — yet none has received a single penny in
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RT @JusticeGap: ‘I was answering condolence letters, rooted to the spot while officers searched the house': Leon Brittan's widow on the hor….
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RT @JusticeGap: 'Science belongs in the hands of scientists, not the police': Report on launch of @APPGMJ's Westminster Commission on Foren….
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RT @SeemaMisra_OBE: I fully support the vital work being done by #Appeal and #Justice. Proud to stand behind their mission and amplify thei….
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RT @JusticeGap: ‘Eminently winnable’: @DavidDavisMP on a new campaign to scrap the ‘brutal’ miscarriage of justice compensation that has sh….
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RT @KimJohnsonMP: I welcome @DavidDavisMP raising the critical issue of compensation for the wrongly convicted at today’s #PMQs. This is a….
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