Talk by Rebecca Helm
Unsound Convictions
"More than 300 people. More than 600 years in custody..."
Professor Rebecca Helm is Director of the Evidence-Based Justice Lab at the University of Exeter Law School, and a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellow.
She is an expert in the field of psychology and law, in using quantitative methodology to examine the legal system, and in developing new methodologies to enhance the reliability of the evidence-base underlying law and policy.
Rebecca is well-known for establishing the UK’s Miscarriages of Justice Registry, an interactive online database of known wrongful convictions.
Cases in the database are categorised in various ways in order to provide insight into systematic malfunctions in the criminal justice system.
In this talk, Rebecca will draw on the Miscarriages of Justice Registry, her research on legal decision-making, and her recent work on the Post-Office Horizon Scandal.
Join us to hear her insights into how legal procedure and infrastructure surrounding the justice system leave individuals vulnerable to wrongful conviction.
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